STATE NEWS

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A bill that would make contraceptives like “the pill” available to adult women without a prescription is now eligible for debate in the Iowa House. Governor Kim Reynolds announced her support of…

BY DAR DANIELSON The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed three cases of the COVID-19 strain that is commonly referred to as the “UK variant” because it was first detected in the United Kingdom. Two…

Iowa reported a record 250 deaths linked to the coronavirus Sunday (1/31), which is the biggest one-day increase the state has recorded. The state reported 4,901 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Sunday morning. But the…

BY MATT KELLEY Another weekend, another snowstorm is barreling toward Iowa. While western and central Iowa were hit with up to 14-inches of snow last weekend, forecasters say this winter blast will drop the deepest snow…

At the State Capitol, legislators are considering creation of a Cold Case Task Force in the Iowa Department of Public Safety to investigate more than 400 unsolved murders.  Representative Jon Thorup (THOR-up), a state trooper…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday (1/27) the federal government is promising states a 17% increase in one of the vaccines the state receives starting in early February, potentially boosting the number of shots available…

Iowa’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1% in December, the second-lowest rate in the country, according to data released Tuesday (1/26). Iowa’s rate fell significantly from 3.8% in November and is only slightly above the 2.8%…

An attorney for Democratic US House candidate Rita Hart is defending Hart’s decision to appeal her six vote defeat in last November’s election to a US House committee, rather than through the Iowa court system. …

Iowa’s budget surplus was one of the topics discussed at Saturday’s (1/23) Eggs and Issues forum sponsored by the Mahaska Chamber and Development Group.  State Representative Holly Brink of Oskaloosa pointed out that having a…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is blasting the Trump Administration for granting more ethanol waivers to the oil industry, just before Joe Biden became president. “What we saw in the final hours of…