January 14, 2025

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is submitting a package of election-related bills to the legislature. “We did a great job in 2024. It was a very smooth election and very successful,” Pate says, “but there’s a very things we want to get straightened and codified in the laws so that we’re ready for the […] View Full Story

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will chair two days of hearings starting tomorrow as President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I don’t decide on a nominee until after they’ve had a hearing in the Senate, however, I’m very impressed with Bondi’s track record as attorney general of Florida […] View Full Story

Governor Kim Reynolds has offered very few clues about the policy agenda she’ll outline tonight in the annual “Condition of the State” speech at the statehouse. In the past, Reynolds has used the speech to unveil tax policies. During a Republican party fundraiser on Monday morning, she reviewed a few of them. “I’m really proud […] View Full Story

A former NFL cheerleader who’s spent the past 25 years as an explorer for National Geographic will open the Des Moines Civic Center‘s “Explorer Series” next week. Mireya Mayor travels to some of the world’s most remote locations where animals are critically endangered, and she’s discovered new species. Mayor says she’s come a long ways, […] View Full Story

Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver has delivered his first speech in the Iowa Capitol after announcing last May that he was undergoing radiation treatment for a brain tumor. “The news recently has been encouraging. The tumor is getting smaller,” Whitver said. “I still have a long ways to go before the tumor is behind me, […] View Full Story

The number of people flying out of the state’s busiest airport went up again last year after cracking the three-million passenger mark for the first time in 2023. Airport spokesperson Sarah Hoodjer  says they welcomed 3,176,952 passengers, a 2.6% increase from last year. Hoodjer those record numbers came despite the January blizzard that canceled more […] View Full Story