Johnson County officials may follow Polk County’s lead in providing funding for emergency contraception and crisis services for victims of sexual assault and rape after the Iowa Attorney General’s Office halted - at least for now -- covering those expenses.
Books are now being pulled from the shelves of Mason City schools' libraries in order to comply with newly enacted state legislation that Gov. Kim Reynolds says will protect children from damaging and obscene material.
On the podcast this week, the Iowa State Fair is under way, schools talk about complying with the new state law that cracks down on certain materials, and two Siouxland men with ties to the atomic bomb.
The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau is partnering with law enforcement agencies on the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” project from Aug. 18 through Sept. 4.
Also, presidential straw poll returns to Iowa State Fair
A state agency says purchasing the new office space in Des Moines and leaving the aging Wallace Building will save millions of dollars.
Iowa has joined other state attorneys general as part of an investigation into the social media company TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users' mental health.
How many accounts were approved for each of Iowa’s 99 counties? Find a map detailing the number of families in each county who’ve been approved to receive state money to pay for private school this year.
UI Physicians may be asked to share more of the financial burden of medical malpractice costs under a potential new agreement
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is requesting a presidential disaster declaration and relief for seven Iowa counties that sustained a combined $6 million in damages from spring Mississippi River flooding.
Iowa judges recently have sided with open government advocates trying to gain access to public records and attend public meetings — with the latest ruling requiring the state to pay $135,000 in legal fees for three media organizations denied records by Gov. Kim Reynolds. But advocates want to see more penalties to discourage secrecy.
The regional director for a statewide child care referral program says recent changes at the state level have helped, but more work remains to make child care affordable and accessible to more Iowans
Library restrictions in an Iowa law passed this year are causing headaches for school librarians and administrators as they prepare for the new school year, and many have said they want to see more guidance from the state to clear up uncertainties. But one Republican lawmaker who supported the bill said, “It could not be more clear.”
Iowa Department of Education officials left vague their plans to give school administrators more guidance on a state law that bans books with sexual content from school libraries during a state Board of Education meeting Thursday. The board’s president said school officials are looking to the department for guidance in implementing the law.
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