Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• January 22, 2019
With 137,000 Iowans living with chronic and serious mental illness and approximately 220 practicing psychiatrists, Iowa psychiatrists hope a new proposal from Iowa’s governor will bring more psychiatric...
Despite criticisms of the $12 billion federal aid for farmers given in the midst of an ongoing trade dispute with China, Iowa soybean farmers say the package filled gaps created by market uncertainty....
A shortage of health-care providers and resources has contributed to a nearly nonexistent children’s mental health system in Iowa, leaving concerned parents and kids without clear avenues for help.
One...
A 5th District Court judge struck down Iowa's 2018 law that would ban most abortions after a heartbeat is detected.
Fifth District Court Judge Michael Huppert ruled the law to be unconstitutional on...
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa turned down an offer from then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 due to family reasons, according to divorce documents.
Ernst made the claim in a divorce affidavit filed in...
Rep. Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa will begin her tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which oversees all modes of transportation infrastructure...
Sarah Watson, Politics Reporter
• January 17, 2019
One of Iowa’s newly elected representatives in Congress, Rep. Cindy Axne, a Democrat, will be serving on the House Agriculture Committee after Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was removed from the committee.
She...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• January 16, 2019
Volunteer sheets, posters, and campaign tee shirts are a usual sight for a political campaign event in Iowa City ahead of the caucuses, but the scene at Sanctuary Pub Wednesday evening was missing one...
In a call with reporters on Wednesday, Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said voters are the ones who will decide whether Iowa’s 4th District Representative, Republican Steve King, will keep his seat...
DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds remains confident that the state of Iowa’s economy is strong.
After two years of dropping commodity prices and a turbulent trade war throwing inconsistency into Iowa’s...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• January 15, 2019
DES MOINES — The University of Iowa may see $12 million of increased funding to the university general fund by fiscal 2021, according to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ fiscal 2020-2021 budget proposal released...
