Lawmakers approved a tax cut for Iowa businesses, made final state spending decisions and ended the 2025 Iowa legislative session at 6:31 this morning. Senate President Amy Sinclair, a Republican from Allerton, said the session’s top accomplishment is the bill...
After a three years of negotiations, the legislature has approved a plan to distribute nearly $57 million for opioid addiction treatment and prevention programs. Companies that produced, marketed and sold the powerful painkillers are paying billions to states and...
Negotiators are striking final deals on a more than $9.4 billion state budget and the 2025 Iowa legislative session could draw to a close tonight or early tomorrow. Legislators have already approved five bills laying out spending for several state agencies. The...
The Democratic presidential candidate who won the 2020 Iowa Caucuses says he’s “not running for anything,” but Pete Buttigieg is offering advice for how the party should respond to the Trump presidency. Buttigieg spoke in Cedar Rapids yesterday....
A new member has joined the Iowa House of Representatives on what may be the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Angel Ramirez, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, won a special election two weeks ago for a vacancy in the Iowa House. She was sworn into office this...
