10+ hour, 15+ min ago   (966+ words) IOWA CITY -- Candidates vying for Iowa state and federal government positions joined football fans in Iowa City Saturday to engage with supporters before the football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones. U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks held her annual…...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago   (727+ words) The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (983+ words) A clean energy group is calling on the Iowa Utilities Commission and policymakers to ensure utility companies don't use data center energy demands to build new facilities and pass the costs on to ratepayers. Iowa Business for Clean Energy, in…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (797+ words) ELKHART -- Some Iowa producers argued Wednesday that the federally proposed Save Our Bacon Act will harm farmers by taking away diversified markets and by sending a message to consumers that they are not entitled to a choice in what they…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (297+ words) Times Republican West Marshall PPEL renewal passes with support from nearly 58 percent of voters STATE CENTER -- Voters in the West Marshall Community School District went to the polls in a special election to renew the district $1 per $1,000 voter-approved Physical Plant…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (513+ words) A coalition of Iowa organizations launched a campaign Wednesday opposing the Nov. 3 ballot issue that will ask Iowa voters whether to amend the state constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of lawmakers to raise state personal and corporate income…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (613+ words) It’s one thing for Trump to usurp powers that belong to Congress — quite another for him to usurp places that belong to all of us. I’m talking about his renaming and demolishing what we share in common. Trump said he…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (756+ words) PALO -- The U.S. Department of Energy has closed on a loan of up to $1.9 billion to support the restart of Iowa's only nuclear energy station, Duane Arnold Energy Center. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly said Tuesday in Palo the "unmothballing…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (890+ words) DES MOINES -- Alongside the familiar sounds of roosters crowing and thrill seekers screaming on rides at the Iowa State Fair, there was a chorus of boos from Turning Point Action activists who were heckling Democratic politicians making their way through…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (754+ words) As the United States honored the efforts of its labor movement and workers over the weekend, Iowa labor experts say workers are "making the labor movement every day," amidst weaker bargaining laws, attacks from corporations and other challenges everyone is…...