Gov. Kim Reynolds lifted the state’s partial mask mandate and will allow bars, restaurants, and other businesses to function at normal capacity, in a new proclamation issued Friday. Starting Sunday,...

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Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a Thursday press conference that she’s currently working with Iowa counties and local health departments to address the state’s slow vaccine distribution, as Iowa...

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Michael Bousselot as the new director of the Department of Management, a University of Iowa Tippie College Business Graduate.  Bousselot’s appointment is...

Iowa state Rep. Amy Nielsen, D-North Liberty, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, as the state Legislature continues to operate with little virus mitigation efforts.  Nielsen is the fourth...

For the third consecutive year, Iowa Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would phase out tenure at Iowa’s three public universities.  Senate File 41, introduced by Sen. Brad Zaun,...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday requiring Iowa schools to offer a 100 percent in-person learning option less than three weeks after declaring it a priority for this year’s legislative session. The...

In the state House Government Oversight Committee’s first meeting of the year, University of Iowa College of Dentistry student Michael Brase, a self-described conservative, told the committee that...

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that Iowa will be receiving a 16 percent increase in coronavirus vaccine doses over the next three weeks, and on Feb. 8, Iowa will see an additional 20,000...

Republican Adrian Dickey was elected to represent District 41 in the Iowa Senate in a special election held on Jan. 26, filling the seat vacated by U.S. Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks.  With an unofficial...

Members of Iowa’s mostly Republican congressional delegation say they want to continue to build on Trump-era policies in the new Biden-Harris administration while moving past the former president’s...

Iowa Democrats elected state Rep. Ross WIlburn, D-Ames, as the chair of the state party on Saturday. Wilburn will replace Mark Smith, a former state representative who held the position for less...