STATE NEWS

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Republicans on an Iowa Senate committee have approved making changes in Iowa’s Bottle Bill — tripling the amount of deposit fees that go to redemption centers that accept empties…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON House Republicans appear poised to vote for a year-long moratorium that would prevent the companies planning to build carbon pipelines from seeking eminent domain to seize property along the pipeline routes. Republican…

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iowa and the number of new positive COVID-19 tests in the state are going down.  The Iowa Department of Public Health says in the week that ended Tuesday…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators and two Iowa congresswomen are asking for answers AND upgrades after reports of technical delays in the National Weather Service warnings of severe storms…

BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in January, which was down from the revised December rate of 3.9%. Iowa Workforce Development says the leisure and hospitality industries added the most…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Democrats are considering a plan that could bump the Iowa Caucuses out of the first-in-the-nation position — and the party will be hosting three forums to give Democrats across the country a…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - Iowans who want to donate to Ukrainian relief efforts need to make sure those donations are actually going to help people in need and not to a crook. AARP Iowa…

BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain reported net income was up 66% in the third quarter compared to last year as gasoline and in-store sales were both up. Gas prices…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - Six teenagers are now charged in Monday’s shootings outside Des Moines East High School that left one boy dead and two young women hurt. Investigators say shots were fired by…

BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - A second outbreak of the bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in northwest Iowa’s Buena Vista County. State Veterinarian Michael Kaisand says the birds were about…