Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stressed keeping promises for mental health care funding, education, rural revitalization and second chances Tuesday in her Condition of the State address. The call for second chances would come via a new state constitutional amendment that restores voting rights for felons wh
A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities.
A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities. IowaWatch was part of a friend of the court filing in thi
Regrettably, some high-ranking government officials either are not paying attention to how taxpayers’ money is being spent or, more accurately, misspent --- or they are taking a cavalier well-it’s-not-my-money attitude, opinion columnist and Iowa Freedom of Information Council executive director Ran
Republicans have no plans to change the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, including reductions in benefits from the system that handles the pension plan for 350,000 state employees, the incoming chair of the House State Government Committee said. Plus, a podcast on what to expect in the 2019
The campaign for the November 2018 elections are over but that hasn't stopped people from keeping political arguments alive, even if the interest no longer is at an election season pace.
Nonprofit news organizations IowaWatch and The Daily Iowan Ethics & Politics Initiative will host Johnson County legislators at the Iowa City Public Library for a discussion on education policy and other topics ahead of the legislative session.
The University of Iowa announced last week that it will close seven academic centers, shrink three others and eliminate 33 jobs.
The reductions will save $3.5 million, officials said.
When Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the large tax-cut bill into law last week, she talked about how the legislation will allow hard-working Iowans to keep more of their
Iowa state Sen. Bill Dotzler has traveled across Iowa’s country roads on his bicycle while training and riding for RAGBRAI. On these rides, he pays attention to farmers spraying
