Flu cases across Iowa are still rising and it’s prompting some hospitals to reinstate a policy from the pandemic era. Clint Hawthorne, medical director for UnityPoint’s emergency departments in Des Moines, says they’ve started requiring staff members to wear masks. Hawthorne says, “Even if a patient doesn’t have respiratory symptoms, they are there for their […]

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






