Tom Barton

Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and federal whistleblowers are raising alarm over the government’s alleged complicity in human trafficking at the nation’s southern border, calling for greater oversight and accountability from the federal government.

Iowa homeowners are losing their coverage as some insurance companies have pulled out of Iowa. As climate change produces more extreme weather, insurers are losing money on the claims that result from the more frequent hail, windstorms, tornadoes and derechos.

Biden’s dismal debate performance on Thursday sparked a scramble among national Democrats and pundits, with many questioning his viability as the Democratic nominee and calling for him to bow out of the presidential election.

Iowa’s governor and all-Republican congressional delegation said in a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor that their offices have received “numerous reports from small business owners who have been subject to investigations and excessive penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor.”

Iowa restaurants are facing fines up to $180,000 for letting teens work longer hours than permitted under federal rules.

Abortions in Iowa would be illegal once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo or fetus after the Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for a 2023 state law to take effect.

Republicans have seized on Biden’s verbal gaffes and out-of-context video clips to assert “cognitive decline.”

At least 39 people, including in Iowa, have fallen ill and been hospitalized after eating Diamond Shruumz products.

The Iowa Restaurant Association heralded it as a “legislative win” for its members when lawmakers relaxed rules on youth employment. Now, it's warning members to revert to following the stricter federal regulations for workers under 16.

Iowa’s Supreme Court is set to issue its decision Friday on whether or not to allow a strict abortion restriction to take effect, potentially delivering a dramatic shake-up to Iowa’s abortion laws.

Climbing Kites, a beverage manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, and Field Day Brewing Co., a North Liberty producer of the “Day Dreamers” line of cannabis-infused sparkling water, filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Four Cornell College instructors stabbed last week during trip to a park in China have been reunited with family members or have continued with their previously scheduled summer travel plans.

Getting behind the wheel of a huge orange truck for the first time can be intimidating, the retired doctors says. And just like surgery, complicated machines take a great deal of skill to operate effectively.

Republicans hope the legislation puts to rest accusations from Democrats that they seek to ban contraception, and respond to voters' concerns about access to reproductive care.

One of four Cornell College instructors stabbed Monday in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin, where they were teaching, is on his way home.