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Also, U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn raises $2.4M in 2023

According to a December police report, the prison warden at the Anamosa State Penitentiary said nurses reported a dentist serving the facility appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.

Many of the event’s speakers addressed the recent fatal school shooting in Perry, and in response called for more armed officers and armed school staff with firearms and active shooter training in schools.

Republican Iowa House Reps. Steve Holt and Skyler Wheeler levied heavy criticism of a pilot guaranteed income project underway in central Iowa

If you’ve wondered what economic impact Hawkeye women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark and the team have had on Iowa, a new think tank will soon have the answer. Plus, Gov. Kim Reynolds said it will help model the impact of tax cuts.

Protesters call for cease-fire, condemn resolution

Democratic lawmakers, saying they were left out of the talks, cast doubt on the changes.

Also, advocates for food assistance programs held a news conference at the capitol Wednesday to call on the state to join a federal program that would provide summer food assistance for kids.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sued the popular social media app TikTok on Wednesday, alleging the app is "misleading parents" by hosting sexual content and profanity while maintaining a "12+" rating on Apple's App Store.

Conversion therapy, the practice of attempting to convince gay people to become heterosexual, is widely discredited and opposed by medical and psychiatric organizations

Knowingly reporting fake information about serious crimes to law enforcement agencies in Iowa would be a felony under legislation advanced Wednesday in the Iowa House.

Iowa lawmakers are considering allowing medical marijuana patients to buy raw cannabis flower at the state’s dispensaries, a move that could potentially greatly increase the number of patients in the state's limited program.