US Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Iowans to know how Congressional Democrats are working to improve their lives. Reform ideas long championed by Democrats are planned for the budget resolution passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The budget resolution...
A member of President Joe Biden's cabinet joined US Rep. Cindy Axne for a Thursday roundtable at the Southside Senior Center in Des Moines to explain how the Build Back Better Act will improve the lives of older Iowans. Specifically, Axne and US Health and Human...
Iowans with disabilities are fed up and sounding the alarm on the way the state has essentially moved on from the pandemic as COVID-19 continues to spread. For a number of reasons, people with disabilities are more vulnerable to COVID than able-bodied people, even...
Many COVID-conscious Iowa parents were mostly worried about the new school year a month ago, but now they’re frustrated too. For many, they’ve spent the past year at home with their children, limiting trips outside and wearing masks when they did. When they were...
Last year, Iowans unimpressed with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic gave her a new moniker: "COVID Kim." Since then, the name has become common among Reynolds’ critics online. WHO 13's Dave Price asked her about it in an interview that aired...
President Joe Biden and his administration are stepping in to correct inaction from Republican governors such as Iowa's Kim Reynolds as the Delta variant spreads and presents a larger threat. Wednesday, Biden directed US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to find...
Across Iowa, schools are preparing to open their doors for students and faculty this fall. COVID cases are quickly rising again, and a state law was passed in May bans schools from requiring students and faculty to wear masks. While thousands of parents want the...
Saying they are "are no longer the silent majority," Iowa parents and educators rallied in front of the Statehouse to speak out against Gov. Kim Reynolds' ban on school mask requirements. About 150 in all gathered outside in the morning heat to urge Reynolds to...
Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines was at or near capacity most of July due to an increase of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other illnesses. The medical facility announced Monday it would suspend elective surgeries because of a "high census" in the...
Every year, thousands of Iowans break out their oars and their paddles so they can take advantage of the state’s many lakes and rivers. And every year, more and more, they find green, streaky water, algae blooms, and swimming advisories. Megan McDowell went...
