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Senator working on Farm Bill

Following formal transfer of ownership to States Newsroom, the North Carolina newsroom will strengthen focus on nonpartisan coverage of state government and policy debates.

Many major bills survived the second “funnel” deadline this week at the Iowa Capitol, but Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate hit points of contention on issues like education

A Republican lawmaker who was a holdout last week on a bill that would prioritize the maintenance of public lands over new acquisitions has now decided to ad

By BILL SHEA bshea@messengernews.net and IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH A Fort Dodge firefighter/paramedic paid a $250 penalty after state officials listed his eme

The Iowa Board of Medicine issued an emergency order to suspend the license of a Davenport-based dermatologist due to incompetence and practicing medicine in an unsafe manner

A Polk County couple is suing an Iowa veterinarian for allegedly intercepting and withholding records indicating their dog’s death was due to negligence.

Some of Iowa’s licensing boards have not been publicly reporting all of the charges they’ve levied against medical professionals.

GOP principles go up in smoke at the Iowa Statehouse by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 13, 2023 Republicans in the Iowa Legislature like to talk about their bedrock principles. This year, those principles seem to be printed on tissue paper and every new bill lights another match. I wrote a whole column last…

A bill that would prioritize public land maintenance over acquisitions has advanced to a full committee after being tabled last week.