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Iowa’s insurance commissioner is seeking an urgent court order to prevent a Pennsylvania insurance company from dramatically raising premiums and slashing benefits for elderly Iowans with long-term care policies.

Drinking water that is drawn from the Mississippi River by three Iowa cities has toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely in the environment, according to test results released this week by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The owner of a West Des Moines nightclub is taking the city and state to court over the loss of her liquor license, arguing she is unfairly being held responsible for her husband’s actions.

The director of Iowa Workforce Development has deleted all work-related text messages on her phone, according to the state agency.

An Iowa mother and her son, accused of participating in last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, are asking a federal judge to quash a congressional subpoena for their phone records.

Hunters would be able to shoot and kill certain animals normally kept as livestock in Iowa under a bill that has mustered enough legislative support to survive a crucial deadline this week.

Gov. Kim Reynolds hasn’t announced her re-election bid yet, but she said “if and when” she does, she expects an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.

A bill to prohibit transgender girls from playing women’s sports in Iowa’s K-12 schools and colleges has advanced through a Senate committee, squeaking past a Friday legislative deadline.

Federal officials fined Dunlap Specialty Care $62,283, alleging the home had failed to take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

An Iowa effort to capture methane from a dairy and process it into renewable natural gas ran into trouble as manure leaked into waterways.