A committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would increase salaries for all of Iowa's elected officials, including a $100,000 ...

Governor Kim Reynolds issued a statement Wednesday following the advancement of a disaster assistance bill in the Iowa House.

Federal agency Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an attempt to prevent hospitals from providing puberty blockers.

Fye Editorial St. John Chrysostom, a doctor of the Church (347-407 CE), said, “Not to enable the poor ...Read More ...

Two bills in the Iowa Legislature would institute work requirements for thousands of Iowans eligible for state's expanded ...

Legislation requiring local law enforcement to enter agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on ...

"The whole point is not to criminalize homelessness," Rep. Steve Holt, R-Denison, said of advancing a proposal to fine people for outdoor sleeping.

Editor’s note: This is part one of two on the legislative forum held Monday. Part two will appear in next week’s paper.

The South Dakota Legislature passed a bill banning eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. Supporters of the bill argue ...

The bill would make it a felony for officers who don’t comply with ICE detainer requests. That’s when the agency asks local police to hold someone for 48 hours after their release date while federal ...

The Iowa Legislature wants to keep sexually explicit materials out of the hands of minors. That seems like a reasonable enough goal, but lawmakers are going about it wrong. A bill moving through the ...

Iowa’s Governor Kim Reynolds and her Republican-dominated legislature recently signed into law House File 583 and Senate File 418, stripping transgender Iowans of their rights under the Iowa Civil Rig ...