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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…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann says it would be a relief to have 87-year-old Senator Chuck Grassley run for reelection in 2022. “I will tell you this: that if he does…

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…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A bill eligible for debate in a House committee would add political ideology as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act. That law currently bars discrimination based on things like…

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%…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Seventeen Republicans in the Iowa Senate are co-sponsoring a bill that would force every Iowa business to use the federal E-Verify system to ensure every person they hire is a citizen or…

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 DAR DANIELSON The Iowa Supreme Court is considering the request of Jason Carter to overturn the ten-million-dollar verdict in a civil trial that found him liable in his mother’s 2015 shooting death. Jason Carter’s attorney…

Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa will ask the U.S. House to dismiss an election contest filed by her Democratic challenger that argues the 6-vote race was wrongly decided. Miller-Meeks will argue in a…