Nation Jul 23 Iowa judge rules state ban on most abortions to take effect Monday Iowa’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.
Politics Jun 28 Iowa Supreme Court lifts block on state’s 6-week abortion ban Iowa joins more than a dozen other states with restrictive abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Nation Jun 25 Floodwaters breach levees in Iowa as Midwest faces another round of severe storms Floodwaters have breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations as the deluged Midwest faces another round of severe storms.
Nation May 22 Tornado leaves deadly toll in Iowa Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town and left a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars, while the howling winds also twisted and toppled wind turbines.
Politics May 09 Civil rights groups are suing an Iowa law allowing police to arrest and deport migrants Iowa's statute is similar to a more expansive Texas law that is currently on hold after it was challenged by both the Justice Department and civil rights groups.
Nation Apr 10 Iowa puts $1 million toward summer meal sites, still faces criticism for rejecting federal funds The state is allocating $900,000 to schools and nonprofit organizations that participate in certain federal programs designed to serve summer meals and snacks in counties where at least 50 percent of children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Politics Jan 31 Move to strip gender identity from Iowa’s civil rights law rejected by legislators Iowa lawmakers have declined to advance a bill that would have stripped "gender identity" from the state's civil rights law. The proposal has been floated in recent years without success.
Politics Jan 15 Trump called winner of Iowa caucuses as DeSantis edges Haley for second place Trump was on track to set a record for a contested Iowa Republican caucus with a margin of victory exceeding the nearly 13 percentage points that Bob Dole won by in 1988.
Politics Jan 08 Students rally at the Iowa Capitol days after Perry school shooting High school and college students in the Des Moines area walked out of classes and came to the Iowa Capitol, where a couple hundred people rallied in response to last week's shooting about 40 miles northwest of Des Moines.
Politics Dec 20 At Iowa rally, Trump doubles down on comments about immigrants poisoning the nation’s blood Trump has faced mounting criticism for his intensifying rhetoric as he seeks to make immigration policy a key piece of his second-term agenda.