Illinois has begun issuing new craft grow cannabis licenses, and a judge has authorized the state to hold a corrective lottery for dispensary applicants that filed lawsuits challenging the licensing process.
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The next, roughly $8.2 billion state budget is being crafted as state lawmakers returned to work Wednesday for the first time in more than two weeks.
The incumbent publicly stated his opposition to Reynolds’ proposed legislation that would create taxpayer-funded scholarships for private school tuition assistance.
Advocates say the requirements do not go nearly far enough to add protections for mobile homeowners and do little to address the proliferation of companies that have purchased mobile home lots and increased rent and fees on tenants.
DES MOINES — The E15 blend of ethanol, which contains a higher percentage of the corn-based fuel and is typically about 10 cents per gallon ch…
DES MOINES — The E15 blend of ethanol, which contains a higher percentage of the corn-based fuel and is typically about 10 cents per gallon cheaper, will become available at most Iowa gas stations under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
DES MOINES — Iowa schools are not allowed to require students or staff to wear face masks, after a federal appeals court on Monday lifted a temporary injunction on a new state law that prohibits schools from employing the pandemic mitigation strategy.
A campaign aims to show legislators that there is broad support for Iowa to join other states in legalizing recreational marijuana.
Judges of the Iowa Court of Appeals say that politics never enter their deliberations despite the judges each having diverse political leaning…
A severe shortage in baby formula has drawn the attention of members of Iowa’s congressional delegation and has become a campaign issue as well.
Judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals hear two cases in the Woodbury County Courthouse on Wednesday, part of an effort to hear cases in location…
Iowa repealed its statute of limitations on criminal charges for child sex abuse. But that law did not include a similar repeal of the statute of limitations on civil claims, under which victims can seek financial damages.
DES MOINES — Differences over a hard line on when to send U.S. troops to Ukraine and over ethanol policy were among the few contrasts to emerg…
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds does not expect any abortion-related legislation to be passed during the current legislative session, which is nearly at its end.
It's the latest legal fight affecting the state’s 2-year-old recreational pot industry.
Experts anticipate that more than half the states in the nation — including every state surrounding Illinois — would ban or significantly chip away at the right to terminate a pregnancy.
Minnesota could become a destination for abortion services for women from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out Roe v. Wade. The state’s abortion providers say they're already preparing for a surge.
Terry Bunting of Silvis, Ill., is in a wheelchair after being struck by the blade of an Iowa DOT snowplow in 2019 in Scott County
Terry Bunting of Silvis, Ill., is in a wheelchair after being struck by the blade of an Iowa DOT snowplow in 2019 in Scott County
"Illinois is a beacon of hope in an increasingly dark world," the Democratic governor said, "because we will fight like hell, not just for the…
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she would not force state lawmakers to remain in session until late June while holding out hope they would approve her proposal to shift taxpayer funding for public schools to private school tuition scholarships.
A Mason City truck-washing business was caught by a state environmental officer illegally dumping diluted corn oil on the ground, according to a recent state administrative order that imposed a $10,000 fine on the company.
Iowa will become just the fourth state with 16 weeks or fewer of state unemployment benefits under legislation that needs only Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law.
DES MOINES — Iowa will become just the fourth state with 16 weeks or fewer of state unemployment benefits under legislation that needs only Go…
A former University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employee is tied to the abuses.