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Excessive speed, distracted driving, impaired driving and not wearing seat belts are some of the motorist behaviors that pushed fatalities to 372 in 2023 so far -- up 10 percent from last year and well over five-year average.

Laura Belin explains why David Pautsch is unlikely to pose a serious threat to U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Lang 10/3/23 The family of a two-year-old who died after a routine procedure to put tubes in his ears and remove his adenoids has added the state of Iowa to its

The Muscatine County family that last year sued Iowa City-based ENT Medical Services and one of its otolaryngologists after a 2-year-old died following a routine procedure to put tubes in his ears have added a third defendant to its lawsuit: the State of Iowa – for its oversight of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

This month, the Iowa Finance Authority held its annual awards ceremony in Cedar Rapids. During this ceremony, it was announced that Senator Mark Lofgren had received the 2023 Legislative Friend

Of nearly 400 companies or individuals with “nonpriority unsecured claims” against Mercy Iowa City – meaning the hospital owes them money but will pay them back last, if at all, in its bankruptcy restructuring – more than a dozen are litigants who sued and won settlements, awards, or judgments.

Among them: C02 pipeline restrictions, sale of birth control pills with a prescription, guns in school parking lots, parental permission for social media

Laura Belin summarizes the high-profile bills the Iowa House and Senate recently sent to the governor, and those yet to be finalized.

I was unable to find any former Iowa legislator, lobbyist, or staffer who could remember anything like this year's Senate budget process.

Iowans killed or injured in crashes with trucks and other commercial vehicles would face a $5 million cap on pain and suffering damages if they sue.