Iowans will no longer need a doctor’s prescription in order to get Medicaid-funded repairs to their wheelchairs. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has removed the requirement following concerns about barriers and delays. State Representative Josh Turek, a Democrat from Council Bluffs who uses a wheelchair, sponsored a bill last session to change […]

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





