Iowa GOP chair says he ‘will be smiling’ if Grassley seeks reelection
Feb 01, 2021
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…
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Cold case task force being considered
Jan 29, 2021
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 lawmakers propose civil rights protections for political ideology
Jan 28, 2021
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 is now 3.1%
Jan 27, 2021
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%…
State penalties proposed for Iowa firms hiring undocumented workers
Jan 26, 2021
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 budget surplus
Jan 25, 2021
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…
Supreme Court hears appeal in Jason Carter civil case
Jan 22, 2021
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…
Miller-Meeks asks Congress to dismiss Hart's complaint
Jan 22, 2021
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…
One dead, one hurt in two vehicle crash near Bussey
Jan 21, 2021
A man is dead and a woman was injured in a two vehicle crash Wednesday morning (1/20) west of Bussey. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup driven by 89-year-old Donald Shelford of Lovilia was…
GOP advancing proposed gun rights amendment to Iowa constitution
Jan 20, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON A proposal to add a gun rights amendment to the state constitution is retracing its path through the Iowa legislature. The proposal has been approved twice before, but a paperwork error in…