The union that represents employees in Iowa prisons says it’s time for the governor to respond to “a disturbing trend.” AFSCME Council 61 president Todd Copley says union members report there have been at least 150 assaults on prison staff since January. “These are not isolated incidents, but direct results of unsafe, understaffed and underfunded […]

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





