Renewed Hope For Outdoor Rec Fund To Actually Be Funded
More than ten years after Iowa voters changed the Iowa Constitution to protect the outdoors, the state trust fund designated for it may finally have... Read more.
Iowa Senate Passes School Voucher Plan
Wednesday evening the Iowa Senate passed Senate File 2369, an education bill which would create a voucher system funded by public money. It passed the... Read more.
State Board Of Education Approves Two New Charter Schools In Iowa
Two new charter schools are on the path to opening in Iowa this fall. The Iowa Department of Education approved applications for Choice Charter School... Read more.
Dems Warn GOP Unemployment Changes Will Drive Away Workers From Iowa
Wednesday afternoon, Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature supported an amendment to reduce unemployment benefits from 26 to 16 weeks. GOP senato... Read more.
Senate Democrats Try Again To Make Recreational Marijuana Legal In Iowa
Once again Senate Democrats tried to legalize recreational marijuana for the state of Iowa, and once again they were struck down without a hearing. Sen.... Read more.
Axne Tours Community Health Center She Helped Secure Funds For
US Rep. Cindy Axne secured $10 million in funding for a suite of projects across Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers Des Moines and southwest... Read more.
Iowa Women Spent Decades Before 19th Amendment Fighting For Voting Rights
The movement for women to win the right to vote was long in Iowa and the rest of the Midwest. While progress seemed likely at... Read more.
An Explainer On How Gas Prices Work. Spoiler: The President Doesn’t Set Them
Gas prices have been top-of-mind for many Americans, especially because they’re higher than they’ve been for 14 years. As of Monday, the average price for... Read more.
Iowa GOP Senators Spew Vaccine Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories During COVID Discussion
In a meeting where conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine rhetoric were shared heavily by elected officials, the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill ban... Read more.
How the American Rescue Plan Has Helped Marshall County
Marshall County was among several in Iowa to receive millions in American Rescue Plan funding. Specifically, the funding went to UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown ... Read more.