A lawsuit alleges Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' office approved of sexual-arousal experiments on the disabled residents of a state-run care facility.

A lawsuit claims that Tyson Foods ordered employees to work during the pandemic while managers privately wagered money on how many of them would contract COVID-19.

The Spirit Lake Community School is in the process of resolving an insurance issue created by a policy allowing staff members to carry guns.

"If policies do not change, the most capable kids will continue to grow up, bring their talents to other states and never return to Iowa."

A former schoolteacher says she was accused of slandering Gov. Kim Reynolds over the state's ban on schoolhouse mask mandates.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa provided a “safe environment” for meatpacking-plant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iowa Democratic senators wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Labor officials in March on the controversial bill.

Democrats in Congress reintroduced a bill that would guarantee access to birth control regardless of any future Supreme Court rulings. 

"Gov. Kim Reynolds and her gang of helicopter mothers are clutching their pearls so hard they must be cutting off oxygen to their brains."

Nebraska's governor, reversing a previous decision, now says his administration will apply for federal summer food aid for kids.

Senate File 478 is a bill that would tie the hands of Iowa’s state auditor to dig into suspected malfeasance or unwise government spending.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, speaking Monday in Iowa, called for school choice nationwide.

"What it’s really about is the indoctrination of students into (gun) subculture. And who is going to do that indoctrination? The NRA."

The state of Iowa is planning to inspect some food businesses less frequently, with some going five years between inspections.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is asking for at least $8,000 to publicly disclose two months’ worth of emails to and from the state medical director.

For the second time in three weeks, Gov. Kim Reynolds is requesting federal financial assistance from President Joe Biden.

A class-action lawsuit claims Gov. Kim Reynolds’ refusal to pay pandemic-related jobless benefits to 30,000 Iowans violated state law.

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has rejected Navigator CO2’s application to construct a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. 

Iowa Democrats need to figure out a media strategy and appoint someone who is available and willing to give the Democrats’ viewpoint.

Drake University is continuing its commitment to fostering equity and inclusion on campus with new programs to support students.

Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand said the bill was "single most pro-corruption bill that has ever come out of the Iowa Legislature."

It takes leadership to get people to choose the common good over their personal liberties. Iowans leaders are choosing to pander instead.

Cindy Axne was appointed senior adviser for rural engagement, delivery and prosperity, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.

A central Iowa confinement owner was accused of misleading state regulators twice about the number of swine in the facility.

State environmental officials scoured tiling maps for days to find the culprit of a Greene County creek's contamination.

What Gov. Kim Reynolds' 'school choice' plan "really does is pay people who already are sending their kids to private schools."

Responding to a recent lawsuit, a defiant Gov. Kim Reynolds said Friday “the federal government doesn’t get to run the state."

When Gov. Kim Reynolds says summer food aid for children is "unsustainable," what she means is she doesn't support it.

An Iowa charity is spending $4.2 million of public money staging workshops on dating and marriage in coffee shops, prisons and shelters.

If the U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas' “enforcement” mechanism to stand, do we really believe it will only be used to fight abortions?

For the first time in history, the White House has launched a national plan to address gender-based violence on a federal level.

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst blocked a proposal that would guarantee access to contraception, instead offering alternative legislation.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Iowa has risen 1,698% since late June, New York Times data show.

Audio recordings and financial documents reveal the full extent of the nursing home industry's political clout in Iowa.

DNR alleges a man whose fertilizer tank ruptured in Burlington did not report the spill, which contaminated a creek, and drove away from it.

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska stands to receive 1,600 acres of land that the federal government took a half century ago.

The Biden administration on Thursday announced several new protections for LGBTQ+ youth and families as part of Pride month.

"... It’s about diverting public money into private hands and the indoctrination of our children into a right-wing values system."

An Iowa judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging Open Records Law violations by Auditor of State Rob Sand.

A preservation group is buying the last undeveloped, privately owned parcel along East Okoboji Lake. Trails will provide public access.

Iowa's disability community is a vast untapped resource for Iowa's employers who face worker shortages, state Rep. Josh Turek says.

Iowa Republicans passed a bill to kill a research program aimed at helping Iowa's poor but they are eager to give handouts to corporations.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says it will charge almost $10,000 to consider whether to disclose a select group of emails sent to and from the state medical director.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources alleges POET Bioprocessing in Iowa Falls has repeatedly emitted too much air pollution.

Auditor Rob Sand criticized Attorney General Brenna Bird's decision to pause state payments for contraception for sexual assault victims.

One of three carbon dioxide pipeline companies that have sought to build in Iowa announced on Friday that it’s canceling its proposal.

Too many members of the Legislature, and our governor, show too little concern for the sanctity of the lives of people in nursing homes.

The justices said Gov. Kim Reynolds is subject to scrutiny about her significant delays in responding to records requests.

Disability Rights Iowa is staging two COVID-19 vaccine clinics geared specifically to people with disabilities.

State officials announced that Iowa will not participate in a federal program to provide summer food assistance to children in need.

Sen. Joni Ernst is complaining about federal government incompetency and overreach. She's pointing her finger in the wrong direction.

An Iowa physician who has been critical of mask-mandates and the COVID-19 vaccine is suing a hospital over staff-vaccination requirements.

Starting in July, Brooklyn Draisey will cover Iowa’s regents universities, private colleges and community colleges for Iowa Capital Dispatch.

As Gov. Kim Reynolds pushed for her plan to overhaul Iowa's Area Education Agencies, a House panel opted to slow down the debate.

Gov. Kim Reynolds shared new thresholds for when school districts may apply to close their doors, due to an outbreak of COVID-19.

It's still unclear what sort of contaminant killed a large amount of fish in a Hampton creek and where it came from.

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin is "fast on the draw with a prescription for Democrats in Iowa in 2024."

The CEO of Hy-Vee issued a video to employees that praises tax changes enacted in the past year while citing concern about "social unrest."

IowaWatch has named Iowa Capital Dispatch Deputy Editor Clark Kauffman its 2021 Stephen Berry Press Freedom Champion.

Iowa’s work to clean waterways is so slow it will take as much as 22,000 years to meet some of the state's goals, an environment group says.

Iowa’s state auditor says Medicaid privatization has resulted in an 891% increase in members being “illegally denied services."

Iowa appears to be the only state to permanently cease reports of COVID-19 infections, which are used to track the disease nationally.

The manure digester near Rock Valley will capture methane from dairy cattle manure to process into renewable natural gas.

The director of an Iowa State University sustainable ag center suggests Gov. Reynolds' carbon panel may be mostly about paying farmers.

The judge said the law does not provide compensation for the mere entry onto private land without consent, in violation of property rights.

Research suggests health implications for producers and surrounding communities due to emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations. 

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is among a coalition warning the nation’s largest companies they could face legal action for using race-based policies.

"The only liberty these groups – and apparently the governor – are interested in is their own; not yours or mine, just theirs."

An Iowa judge has denied unemployment benefits for a dental technician who cited her religious beliefs while refusing to wear a face mask.

Iowa school districts can require masks again, after a federal judge temporarily blocked state law that prohibited them from doing so.

Two top infectious disease doctors questioned the state's "handcuffing" of local governments on mask mandates.

The ACLU of Iowa is urging the Atlantic school board not to adopt policies prohibiting protests, following a complaint about LGBTQ walkouts.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have recorded deaths at a pace equivalent to one 9/11 terrorist attack every two days.

Two Iowa infrastructure projects, including replacement of nearly 30 bridges, will receive $50 million in federal grant funds.

Legislative leaders and the governor are working out in secret the fate of legislation to require more transparency for other people.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the sale of to-go cocktails into law on Monday.

A fee-for-service approach "could effectively end local, personalized access to special-education services" for many small, rural districts.

Iowa is expected to spend $9+ million to place 100 out-of-state nurses at the state’s larger healthcare facilities for six weeks.

Targets of workplace sexual harassment, bullying or retaliation want more than money. They want accountability and prevention.

Inspectors recently cited Iowa eateries for hundreds of violations, including moldy taco meat and sushi that failed to meet safety standards.

Lawyers for Gov. Kim Reynolds are arguing in court that she was too busy to respond quickly to information requests this year due to the pandemic.

More than 7 million gallons of manure have been improperly kept at a former southern Iowa hog confinement for nearly 10 years.

Iowa's new abortion law creates challenges for the the state’s only obstetrics and gynecological residency program.

The state of Iowa is accused of conflicts of interest in hiring a company that soon will begin managing the billion-dollar Medicaid program.

Federal officials have suspended the license of a major Iowa dog breeder with a long history of regulatory violations.

Dave Muhlbauer, a cattle and hog farmer, served as a Crawford County supervisor for four years. He is running for U.S. Senate.

Costs for veterans' benefits are soaring. Republicans, including Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, are not telling the truth about why.

The average number of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in Iowa have reached their highest level of any time in 2021.

Iowans are forming a new nonprofit that aims to advocate and litigate for protection of Iowa’s natural resources.

Why aren't Republicans kicking up a fuss about federal farm debt assistance like they are about student loan forgiveness?

The family of a nursing home resident who was left "crying, shaking, and begging God to take his life” is now suing the facility.

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand has joined officials in 14 other states in a bipartisan audit of the states' monitoring and reporting of COVID-19 cases.

Both of Iowa's Republican senators voted against creation of a commission to investigation the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

After unsuccessfully searching for a new insurer, the board repealed the armed-staff policy to maintain coverage with its current provider.

The U.S. Senate refused to back a bill that would have boosted aid to Ukraine and Israel, and provided added funding for the Southern border.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Des Moines on Friday to warn Iowans of what she called a "full-on attack against hard-won freedoms."

The Iowa House voted Tuesday to diminish the role and authority of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission will eliminating 74 other panels.