The Iowa House has passed a bill to legalize the use of psilocybin, often called magic mushrooms, as medical treatment for certain conditions, like post-traumatic stress disorder. Treatments would have to be monitored in a clinical setting by a provider who holds a...
A state senator who was Governor Kim Reynolds’ budget director is exploring a run for governor. “I want to listen to Iowans. I want to see if the support is there and understand what issues are important and then make a decision,” Mike Bousselot of...
Iowa Catholic Conference executive director Tom Chapman says his first reaction to the death of Pope Francis was sadness, “also not too surprised in that he’s had a lot of health challenges recently, so my feeling is I’m glad he didn’t have to...
University of Iowa law professor Josephine Gittler has founded the “Alliance for Civic Education of Iowa” to address what she sees as a “very big” problem. “There are many young people here in Iowa who do not have a basic knowledge of...
Most members of the Iowa legislature have started the long process of a proposing a constitutional fix that would again let some child witnesses testify against an alleged abuser remotely. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird proposed the amendment after the Iowa Supreme...
