Iowa Department of Education releases school performance data
Nov 12, 2024 · The Iowa Department of Education has identified 377 schools that are in need of targeted support and improvement because of performance and achievement gaps among some student groups.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law lowering individual income tax rate …
May 1, 2024 · Gov. Kim Reynolds, joined by Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, left, Sen. Dan Dawson, right, and other lawmakers and lobbyists, signed into law on May 1, 2024, a bill that will reduce Iowa’s individual income tax rate in 2025.
Billion-dollar Iowa business tied to pandemic relief is accused of …
Jan 4, 2024 · A Des Moines business that generated $1 billion in revenue helping companies collect pandemic-related tax credits threw lavish parties for executives before laying off half its workforce in violation of federal law, a lawsuit claims.
After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen for ...
Oct 2, 2023 · An Iowan whose online video of an allegedly unwarranted police traffic stop generated 2 million views is now being sued by the arresting officers for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Board: Iowa pharmacy poses an ‘immediate danger to the public …
Nov 22, 2024 · Deputy Editor Clark Kauffman has worked during the past 30 years as both an investigative reporter and editorial writer at two of Iowa’s largest newspapers, the Des Moines Register and the Quad-City Times.
Billions in federal farm payments flow to a select group of …
Feb 1, 2023 · Federal spending on crop insurance has grown in recent farm bills, and crop insurance payments now make up a quarter of all subsidy payments. In Iowa, the family farm that is managed by the son of Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a farm policy leader, received more than $1.4 million from 1995 to 2021, the report shows.
Fertilizer killed more than 750,000 fish in Nishnabotna
Mar 27, 2024 · A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and Missouri conservation officers.
Iowa completes decades-long project to close ag drainage wells
Nov 21, 2024 · Another element of this research found that wetlands could remove up to 90% of nitrogen and herbicides from tile drainage. Drainage from the last seven ag drainage wells, all near Gilmore City, will be redirected to a 137-acre wetland to …
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Recounts requested in 3 Iowa legislative races, 1 congressional …
Nov 18, 2024 · In addition to the Statehouse races, Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Christina Bohannan has requested a recount.