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Congratulations to Kirsten Running-Marquardt who won the special election in House District 33 in Cedar Rapids’ south-side last night.
Unofficial results from the Linn County Auditor’s Office show her winning 78 percent to 22 percent, where she...
A recent Pew Center on the States report shows Iowa is doing much better than state’s like California, which is heading toward economic disaster. Iowa is considered the 2nd best managed state, behind Wyoming.
In the report, Pew’s researchers...
There were new promising results announced from efforts to decrease Iowa’s rates of youth detention, especially for minority youth who are overrepresented in the state’s juvenile justice system.
Statewide, Iowa has decreased its overall detention...
The DNR is still taking applications for a new grant program aimed to help improve urban water quality while also creating jobs for Iowans.
Announced in September, the I-JOBS Green Urban Stormwater grant program has more than $1.4 million to help Iowa...
Bipartisanship was on display when members of leadership from both parties and both chambers of the Iowa Legislature came together to raise money and awareness for the Food Bank of Iowa. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy represented House...