A report finds only about one third of rural Iowa hospitals now deliver babies, with three hospitals closing their maternity wards in recent years, and two more considered at risk. Harold Miller, president and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, says rural hospitals often lose money running expensive OB units […]

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






