Latest Iowa state government News

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Jun. 28, 2024 15:48 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. ...

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Jun. 28, 2024 10:03 AM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect.

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Jun. 24, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

Des Moines Register. June 23, 2024. Editorial: Iowa businesses and lawmakers ignore warnings on child labor and reap consequences Lawmakers and trade group leaders, and managers who kept teenagers on the clock late, all colossally misjudged how this would play out,...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa's state primaries

Jun. 04, 2024 16:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the drama surrounding the state’s presidential caucuses far in the rearview mirror, Iowa voters now turn to primaries on Tuesday for the narrowly divided U.S. House as well as the Republican-controlled state legislature. One race in the 3rd Congressional...

Iowa law lets police arrest migrants. The federal government and civil rights groups are suing

May. 09, 2024 17:23 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued Iowa on Thursday over its new law that would give the state the authority to arrest and deport some migrants, making it the second lawsuit filed in a single day that seeks to block legislation passed earlier this year by state lawmakers. ...