One summer, my dad took our family across the state on a road-trip frenzy. Every weekend brought us to a new destination.
We visited the Field of Dreams, where the 1989 baseball flick of the same name was filmed. We took photos behind Buddy Holly’s giant rimmed glasses, marking the site of the pl
Iowans who have loved ones in prison came to the Statehouse Monday to ask lawmakers to change the state’s process for considering commutation requests from those serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. A three-member panel of state representatives unanimously advanced a bipartisan proposal Monday that they’re calling the “lifers’ second chance bill.”
Iowa lawmakers and public safety advocates who have been working for years to ban the use of handheld phones and other devices behind the wheel expressed hope Jan. 26 that