Statewide tornado drill set for today
Mar 23, 2022
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Iowans are urged to take part in this morning’s statewide tornado drill. Meteorologist Alex Krull, at the National Weather Service in metro Des…
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House GOP proposes new $12 million scholarship fund for UI, ISU, UNI
Mar 22, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Republicans in the Iowa House are proposing a new 12 million dollar scholarship program for students at Iowa’s three public universities. House Speaker Pat Grassley said it’s an effort…
Filing deadline nears, GOP and Democratic Party Primary ballots appear to be set
Mar 21, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The deadline is 5 p.m. today, but by midafternoon all the candidates who’ve announced campaigns for statewide office have already filing their nominating petitions in the Secretary of State’s…
Bottle Bill changes and cut in beer tax win GOP backing in Senate panel
Mar 18, 2022
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…
Plan proposes moratorium on eminent domain requests for carbon pipelines
Mar 17, 2022
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…
Coronavirus update
Mar 17, 2022
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…
Four Iowa officials seek action after delays in NWS warnings
Mar 16, 2022
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…
Unemployment rate drops in January
Mar 15, 2022
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…
Democrats ponder positioning of 2024 Iowa Caucuses
Mar 14, 2022
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…
AARP warns of scammers for those donating to Ukraine
Mar 11, 2022
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…