Property taxes. Cancer fighting funding. And over the counter Ivermectin? Zachary Oren Smith tuned in to Gov. Kim Reynolds' Condition of the State address. Here's what you missed.
Iowa has some of the worst water quality in the nation, and the pollution impacting us has been linked to the state's cancer crisis. Iowa Senate Minority Leader Janice Weiner discusses how the state legislature can begin to address these issues so all Iowans have access to clean, safe water.
Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Grassley said even though Gov. Kim Reynolds didn't mention eminent domain in her Condition of the State speech, the issue is still a priority for the state legislature.
Last year, a bill restricting the use of eminent domain to build carbon capture pipelines caused division among the state's Republican supermajority. The bill passed the House and the Senate, but Gov. Reynolds vetoed it.
On day one of the legislative session, Iowa Senate Republicans proposed sweeping changes to the state's property tax system. Gov. Kim Reynolds followed up during her Condition of the State speech with her own suggestions for lifting the burden on Iowa's homeowners. With Speaker of the House Pat Grassley promising similar legislation from his chamber soon, property taxes are sure to be a focal issue of the 2026 session.
But with shrinking state budget reserves and slashed income taxes, concerns are mounting about where the state will get funding for essential public services.
The US has intervened in Venezuela. Nathan Sage, a Marine and Army vet, says wars are costly, funding that could go toward helping people living here.
Iowans around the state gathered this weekend to protest ICE and demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, a Minnesota mother of three shot and killed by a federal agent.
Which side are you on?
Political correspondent Zachary Oren Smith was at the ICE Out for Good rally in Iowa City. He talks about Renee Good’s last words and what we should learn from them.
Renters pay property taxes—it's just hidden in your rent.
In 2013, Iowa gave apartment owners a tax break with a promise: they'd pass savings to renters. 12 years later? That never happened.
Now Democrats are proposing $500 rebates for renters. But will renters actually get relief in a state that bans rent control and where Republicans run the show?
Everything is expensive. That's not a policy abstraction. It hits home. Nathan Sage in a raw moment talks about how a downturn in the Iowa economy has affected his own wife's job.
CONTENT WARNING: this video contains the clip of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good. Viewer discretion is advised.
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Trump administration is already spreading lies about what unfolded, which was recorded on camera.
