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When this year’s tax cuts are implemented, Iowa will have the sixth-lowest income tax rate among the 41 states with an income tax, according to the Tax Foundation.

Drake University will eliminate three programs as part of efforts to make up budget deficits.

Hunter 05/01/24 A Cedar Rapids city employee is claiming the injuries he said came from the COVID vaccine should qualify him for Workers Compensation benefits.

The fines represent penalties imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and typically stem from quality-of-care violations reported by state inspectors. Although CMS publicly reports the fines imposed against all Medicare-certified nursing facilities, the agency does not disclose whether such fines have actually been paid.

The Biden administration has introduced a controversial set of new regulations intended to increase staffing levels and improve patient care in nursing homes. The new staffing rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has faced fierce opposition from the industry and Republicans in Congress. It establishes for the first time national minimum staffing […] The post Biden administration unveils new rule on nursing home staffing levels appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.

Starting next week, certain dairy cattle must be tested for avian influenza before they can be transported to a different state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

Three months after the revelation that the health department is likely violating federal law and leaving thousands of low-income Iowans off the rolls, the department has publicly acknowledged the problem.

Here are some of the highlights from this year’s state spending.

Three months after Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that the state’s health department is likely violating federal voting law and leaving thousands of low-incom

Hunter 04/22/24 A standardized test used mostly by private school and home-schooled students shouldn't be used as a determining factor for admission to Iowa's