Tag: Iowa

Iowa Head Start programs could see reduced services as shutdown continues

Some Iowa Head Start programs providing child care and early childhood education could be impacted if the federal…

Why are flags at half-staff in Iowa? Leaders remember Democratic state senator

Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered flags around Iowa to be lowered to half-staff on Oct. 25.Flags will remain at…

We asked Iowa City’s council candidates about their priorities. Here’s what they said:

Three incumbents and three challengers are contending for three city council seats in Iowa City this fall.The Press-Citizen…

Inflatable costumes and chants of ‘No Kings’ draw thousands to the Iowa State Capitol

Frogs, bananas, handmaidens, and Marie Antoinettes were among the outfits donned by the thousands of protesters who descended…

Iowa Geological Survey takes stock of Iowa levees to prevent future flooding events

Jason Vogelgesang, right, and Thomas Doyle drive along a levee by the Raccoon River in Des Moines to…

Iowa’s revenues set to drop by $800 million from previous year, state panel predicts

Iowa will bring in $800 million less in revenue compared with last year — a 9% drop —…

Iowa faculty, student groups ‘reject’ calls for universities to join federal compact

A coalition of faculty and student groups at Iowa's public universities have spoken out against calls to join…

Summit weighs new destinations for carbon pipeline: Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas

With Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned route effectively blocked by South Dakota’s ban on the company's use of eminent…

1,800 deployed Iowa National Guard troops won’t be paid if shutdown continues past Oct. 15

DES MOINES, Iowa — Troops will go without pay if the government shutdown continues past October 15, leaving…

Iowa Supreme Court hears oral arguments on collecting court fees for dismissed cases

The Iowa Supreme Court chamber in the Iowa Judicial Building on Feb. 22, 2023. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa…

Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat from West Des Moines, dies at 59

Iowa state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat from West Des Moines, died Oct. 6, her daughter posted on…

GOP candidates for Iowa governor voice their opposition to CO2 pipelines

Rep. Charley Thomson speaks at an event with landowners and politicians opposed to CO2 pipelines on Sunday. (Photo…