Iowa Senate Republicans passed an amended child-care bill on Monday that included language to address daycare worker shortages by putting teenagers to work. House File 2198 allows 16- and 17-year-old employees and substitutes at child care centers to watch...
Kelly Niewenhuis made the three-hour drive from his O’Brien County farm to Menlo for a good reason Tuesday: The White House invited him. Niewenhuis is president of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, a board member for the Siouxland Cooperative Energy ethanol plant near...
A little more than a year after it was passed, more Iowa communities are starting to approve the use of American Rescue Plan money for projects Some of these projects aim to solve problems related to water, public safety, and other social services. In many cases,...
President Joe Biden is set to visit Menlo, a Guthrie County town about 45 minutes west of Des Moines, to tout his infrastructure investments in rural Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register. Since entering office, the Biden Administration has placed a large...
When Hy-Vee unexpectedly dismissed 121 corporate employees in March, some questioned if the West Des Moines company violated the state and federal WARN Act provisions. The grocer got around this accusation by saying it offered 102 of the mostly headquarters and IT...
First-term Rep. Ashley Hinson will have closer scrutiny over her early voting record from a new effort launched last week in Iowa. The Unrig Our Economy campaign will highlight where Hinson, a Republican, stands on economic issues impacting working-class Iowans....
The Affordable Insulin Now Act passed largely along party lines in the US House. But a dozen Republicans broke ranks and voted with Democrats--including one of Iowa's Republicans. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who represents Southeast Iowa, sided with Iowa's lone...
While last year’s disastrous Des Moines Taco & Margarita Festival left people feeling shellacked, the Iowa Cubs hope to leave a better taste in festival-goers' mouths after announcing their own Taco & Margarita Festival on Friday. The I-Cubs festival is...
A modified version of the Republican-led teacher curriculum-review bill is being debate on the Iowa House floor this evening. The new version of the bill, House File 2577, trimmed the estimated cost of implementing the new “transparency” policies from $27.4 million...
Hy-Vee has been under closer scrutiny this past week after a wave of layoffs at their corporate headquarters and IT departments, as well as follow-up comments by their CEO demeaning the former staff for not taking retail jobs in their stores. The timing of the...
