Insurance companies and other opponents of a temporary state tax increase on HMO premiums are urging House members to abandon the idea. Governor Reynolds and Republican lawmakers say the tax increase will qualify Iowa for a matching amount of federal funds that will be used to cover higher costs in Iowa’s Medicaid program. Iowa Taxpayers […]

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






