Gov. Kim Reynolds, during a visit Tuesday to Alburnett schools, said school districts losing students because of a recent law on school choice have the responsibility to make families choose to stay in the district -- rather than asking the state government to help address the decline.

Iowa ranks ninth in the country for its unemployment trust fund balance and 12th for its taxable wage base for unemployment insurance.

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans have “repeatedly won the (abortion) debate at the ballot box.”

Advocates for access to abortions say the new state law effectively bans the vast majority of abortions in Iowa.

The Midwest Newsroom and its partners asked police departments and sheriff offices in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to tell us whether they will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies as part of the Trump White House “mass deportation” plan.

At least eight states have enacted cellphone bans in schools over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Iowa lawmakers are looking to fast-track a bill halting new gaming licenses, potentially blocking Linn County's third try for a casino.

Iowa lawmakers have introduced bills that could block a proposed Cedar Rapids casino by creating a five-year moratorium on state licenses. The legislations were introduced by Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature this week, potentially thwarting backers' hopes for a new $275 million gambling facility.

Bills to create a five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa have been introduced by Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans have “repeatedly won the (abortion) debate at the ballot box.”

(Des Moines, IA) Iowa Democrats are hopeful that tonight’s special election will help them challenge the Republican supermajority in the State Senate.