With Memorial Day passed and schools out, it’s officially summer in Iowa. And that means the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has started monitoring water quality at Iowa beaches. Iowa’s waterways are routinely flagged for too-high levels of pollutants and...
At the end of the month, the federal eviction moratorium is ending for renters who fell behind on payments or struggled keeping up during the pandemic. In Iowa, that means thousands of people are suddenly at risk, according to data from the Census Bureau. The...
With COVID-19 relief out of the way and other priorities in motion, the Biden administration is shifting focus to protecting voting rights with the For the People Act. The bill, also known as H.R. 1 and S.R. 1, is aimed at making it easier for people to vote, end...
It all started when a podcast host pointed out how little Americans know about how their government works or how they can influence it. So a group of Iowans came up with a plan to change that. The plan is called Democracy Defenders of America, a non-profit,...
With vaccination rates stalling and demand plummeting in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds told reporters yesterday she doesn’t plan to offer incentives for getting vaccinated against COVID-19. That means no lottery, no giveaways, no cash payments. Reynolds said pop-up...
To help the country rebound from the economic and human devastation caused by COVID-19, President Joe Biden and Congress have allocated significant funding support from the federal government. The American Rescue Plan includes money for states and local governments...
Scott County Democrats are racing against the clock to trigger a special election for the county's top election job. The drive is in response to the Scott County Board of Supervisors voting to appoint Kerri Tompkins as the Scott County auditor without public...
First responders have done a lot in the last year, and it’s taken as much from them as anyone else working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. To give back, and to keep them running, the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan include money specifically for...
Scott County has a new auditor, but local Democrats are pushing for a quick special election to give the voters a say in the matter. Yesterday morning, the Scott County Board of Supervisors met to announce and vote on a replacement for longtime Democratic County...
Josie Farley, a young mom who works as a para-educator at Sioux City Schools, likely wouldn't be able to work without child care. "The amount of daycare, how much it costs for daycare ... I would have no money to live after paying daycare [if I didn't work]," she...
