South Sioux City Students Protest, So District Bans Protesting At School
South Sioux City Community School District’s superintendent in a video last week condemned and threatened student demonstrators who recently protested wide-ra... Read more.
Democrats Call For Investigation Info From Statehouse COVID Cases
Iowa Democratic leadership said there has been little action to mitigate COVID-19 and contact trace at the Iowa Capitol despite mounting positive cases, includi... Read more.
GOP Senator: Don’t ‘Jump To Conclusions’ In Penitentiary Deaths, Funding Levels
The Iowa Senate on Wednesday advanced justice system funding that Democrats say is too low in light of the recent murder of two employees at the Anamosa... Read more.
House Dems Warn About Backroom GOP Budget Deals
Iowa House Democrats say they’re concerned with little communication between House and Senate Republicans, a lack of public input and early adjournment in the... Read more.
Anti-Abortion Amendment Will Make Future Ban Possible
Iowa’s proposed anti-abortion constitutional amendment, which is likely to advance during the 2021 legislative session, will lay the groundwork for a possible... Read more.
Iowa Sees Increase In COVID-19 Among Children
Nearly every day since late January, when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that required Iowa School districts to offer 100% in-person learning... Read more.
Reynolds’ Immigration Comments ‘Callous,’ Miss The Point, Advocates Say
America’s immigration surges are also an Iowa problem, say immigration experts, despite Gov. Kim Reynolds’s recent admittal that she declined federal re... Read more.
Where Iowa’s Neighbors Are At With Vaccine Eligibility
Monday marked the first day all Iowans aged 16 and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine, joining its neighboring Midwestern states that have this week... Read more.
Anamosa Murders Were ‘Preventable’ And ‘Predictable,’ Unions And Dems Say
The recent murder of two employees at the Anamosa state penitentiary was caused by “grossly inadequate staffing” and years of disinvestment in the correctio... Read more.
Much Of Gov. Reynolds Agenda Still Alive This Legislative Session
Friday’s close of the Iowa Legislature’s second “funnel” deadline left much of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ agenda for the 2021 session in play. The ... Read more.