As restaurants and bars across the state have closed to contain the spread of COVID-19, Iowa Workforce Development is being inundated with unemployment claims, the agency’s executive director Beth Townsend...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said she was not considering putting in place a shelter-in-place order at a press conference on Thursday.Â
Reynolds said the order, which has been put in place in several...
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, exited the presidential race on Thursday, announcing an endorsement for former Vice President Joe Biden in a video on Twitter.
In the video, Gabbard addressed the...
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, told reporters in a Wednesday conference call that as Congress votes today on the second phase of their economic stimulus plan, giving relief to small businesses amid the pandemic...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill Tuesday that gives her expanded powers over state spending, along with a range of other provisions to address the growing COVID-19 crisis.
“Every Iowan has...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called for the closure of bars, fitness centers, theaters, casinos, locations of mass gatherings, and senior citizen centers and adult daycare facilities, effective noon Tuesday.Â
The...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Sunday recommended the state's schools close for four weeks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 as evidence of community spread of the virus grows within the state.
Reynolds...
The Iowa Legislature will shutter for at least 30 days, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and state health officials confirmed Saturday a case of community spread...
In a press conference Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed another individual tested positive for novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 17.
The person was tested in...
The Iowa Democratic Party is postponing the Democratic County Conventions, scheduled for March 21, over concerns about spreading the novel coronavirus at large public gatherings.
The county conventions...
Rep. Dave Loebsack endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, joining the other two Democratic members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
Iowa Congresswomen Cindy Axne...
In a rare address from the Oval Office Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced a 30-day suspension on foreign visitors from most European countries to the United States in an effort to stop...
