The latest state data shows Iowa consumers are spending more this year. Total sales and use tax payments to the state were up 3% through October compared to the first 10 months of 2024. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said there’s a pretty clear division, however, between which households are driving a surge in retail […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






