The additional details Ocker sought were protected from release, the sheriff said, by what is known in Iowa law as the “peace officer bill of rights.” In an effort to resolve Ocker’s ...

SQUARE ON FIRST STREET. SCHOOLS IN IOWA WILL SOON BE REQUIRED TO RESTRICT STUDENTS CELL PHONE USE. A BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT IT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. IT’S ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK.

SO WE HAD TO PAY WHAT INSURANCE DID NOT. BRIAN PASSED AWAY IN 2023, BUT KELLY HELD HIS PICTURE WEDNESDAY AS THE BILL SHE FOUGHT FOR PASSED THE IOWA SENATE. HOUSE FILE 969 WOULD EXPAND CANCER ...

Iowa lawmakers have been considering a Bayer-proposed bill to shield pesticide companies from lawsuits alleging they failed to warn consumers of health risks. Updated April 3, 2025 at 12:30 p.m ...

After years of razor-thin elections revealed inconsistencies in Iowa's recount system, lawmakers have voted to overhaul when candidates can ask for a recount, and who conducts them. The bill puts ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — House Republicans for a second year in a row put the brakes on a Senate-passed bill ...

Iowa Senate Republicans passed a bill to establish a "center for intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa. Critics view the bill as an ideological attack on higher education, while ...

Iowa Senate chamber in Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. (RI file photo) A bill to establish a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa has cleared the Iowa House and Senate with ...

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Representative Ray “Bubba” Sorensen of Greenfield sponsored ...

Republican State Senator Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott says Iowa State and UNI have similar centers on campus and this would do similar work. “This bill creates a huge step forward in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- A bill that would require Iowa schools to limit cell phone use in class is on its way to the Governor's desk. The bill passed in the Iowa house today, after previously ...

An Iowa bill to lower the minimum age to carry a handgun is on its way to the governor's desk. The minimum age for Iowans to possess and carry handguns would change from 21 to 18 under a bill that ...