Everyone knows Iowa has a child-care problem and yet, little progress has been made to solve it. Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D-Cedar Rapids), an early childhood educator for about 15 years, said the crisis has existed for her whole career. She said it took parents leaving...
At Monday's Ankeny School Board meeting, community members spoke in favor of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) position the district removed a job posting for. The new DEI position was supposed to increase the district's ability to handle the diverse needs...
More than ten years after Iowa voters changed the Iowa Constitution to protect the outdoors, the state trust fund designated for it may finally have money coming in. Sen. Dan Dawson (R-Council Bluffs) introduced the language twice, for the second time in Senate...
Wednesday evening the Iowa Senate passed Senate File 2369, an education bill which would create a voucher system funded by public money. It passed the chamber 31-18 with one Republican joining all Democrats in opposition. Early on in the debate, the bill was...
Two new charter schools are on the path to opening in Iowa this fall. The Iowa Department of Education approved applications for Choice Charter School and Hamburg Charter School last week. The state still needs to sign off on the contracts and has 30 days to do...
Wednesday afternoon, Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature supported an amendment to reduce unemployment benefits from 26 to 16 weeks. GOP senators added a one-week waiting period before those benefits are delivered in their version. The amended...
Once again Senate Democrats tried to legalize recreational marijuana for the state of Iowa, and once again they were struck down without a hearing. Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D-Iowa City) introduced the amendment early today, which would amend the Iowa Constitution and...
US Rep. Cindy Axne secured $10 million in funding for a suite of projects across Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, which covers Des Moines and southwest Iowa. During an event at Primary Health Care Inc. in Des Moines on Tuesday, Axne, Iowa's lone Democrat at the...
The movement for women to win the right to vote was long in Iowa and the rest of the Midwest. While progress seemed likely at some points, it was never fully realized until Iowa voted to ratify the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1919. Many obstacles stood...
Gas prices have been top-of-mind for many Americans, especially because they’re higher than they’ve been for 14 years. As of Monday, the average price for a regular gallon of gas in Iowa is $3.854. This is the highest a gallon of gas has been here since significant...
