State lawmakers held a subcommittee hearing on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative proposal to cap growth, restrict tax increment financing and freeze seniors’ property taxes.
Erin Murphy State Government Feb. 25, 2026 6:57 pm6h ago
State lawmakers held a subcommittee hearing on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative proposal to cap growth, restrict tax increment financing and freeze seniors’ property taxes.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau State Government Feb. 25, 2026 6:55 pm6h ago
Five bills requiring the state to use the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, or SAVE, now head to the Iowa House for consideration.
State Government Feb. 25, 2026 6:07 pm7h ago
The report on the misallocation of $27.5 million in Iowa court fees, authored by Iowa House Republicans and issued earlier this week, “overstates both the nature and the impact” of the error, according to Iowa House Democrats’ counter report.
Local Government Feb. 25, 2026 4:26 pm9h ago
Move follows policy complaint from
Local Government Feb. 25, 2026 12:51 pm13h ago
The application fee would be based upon project size and cover county costs associated with application review.
Nation and World Feb. 25, 2026 7:31 am18h ago
The president declared during a marathon State of the Union on Tuesday that “we’re winning so much” — insisting he'd sparked an economic boom at home and imposed a new world order abroad
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau State Government Feb. 25, 2026 8:25 am17h ago
The Iowa Senate on Tuesday approved an amended version of Senate File 2263, scaling back a proposal that would have allowed lawful gun owners to keep firearms in locked vehicles across a wide range of public parking lots, including those at schools and higher education institutions.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau State Government Feb. 25, 2026 9:15 am16h ago
An Iowa legislative panel is recommending the state order an independent audit of more than $27.5 million in court fees that were misdirected by the Iowa Judicial Branch in recent years.
Higher Ed Feb. 25, 2026 7:28 am18h ago
The Iowa House on Tuesday passed a bill prohibiting Iowa’s public universities from raising resident undergraduate tuition for the next five years — a move that, if signed into law, could amount to a loss of $186.3 million in revenue across the three campuses.
Local Government Feb. 25, 2026 9:38 am16h ago
A nine-member, multi-jurisdictional working group finalized its recommendation this week for the future of the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency leadership structure.
Federal Government Feb. 24, 2026 12:19 pm1d ago
The Iowa Republican says the president should highlight tax relief and lower costs to win over skeptical voters, as Democrats counter that tariffs and rising prices are hurting families and farmers.
State Government Feb. 24, 2026 8:33 am1d ago
The legislation is the result of an agreement reached between Reynolds and majority Republicans in the Iowa Senate and House
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