Iowa Capital Dispatch

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean lined up with eight of her House colleagues Monday evening to walk across the U.S. Capitol, delivering to the Senate a formal charge that...

Polk County medical facilities have a severe shortage of COVID-19 vaccine, leading officials to plead with residents to schedule their appointments online.  With patience. The best place to start is at...

A bill that would authorize dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to their patients is on hold in the Iowa House as a three-member panel that includes two dentists...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday pledged to work with the Biden administration and state lawmakers in a multimillion-dollar effort to help the biofuels industry recover from what one...

The leader of the Iowa Veterans Home says that despite participating in "educational seminars” on the COVID-19 vaccine, more than 40% of the nursing facility's workers are still refusing...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she believes it would be unconstitutional to convict former President Trump of impeachment charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the...

Schools would have to offer full-time, in-person instruction and the state would financially support more options for students to attend private schools if two bills that advanced in the...

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ approach to fighting Democrat Rita Hart’s appeal of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election results is “preposterous,” Hart's lawyer said Monday.  Miller-Meeks has been sworn in as...

Iowa employers could face loss of their state licenses if they employ undocumented workers under a bill approved by a legislative subcommittee Monday. Senate File 84 drew opposition from...

The Washington Post reported Monday that Iowa has reclaimed its status as the state with the lowest rate of testing in the nation. On a per capita basis, Iowa currently ranks...