DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans have “repeatedly won the (abortion) debate at the ballot box.”

Iowa ranks ninth in the country for its unemployment trust fund balance and 12th for its taxable wage base for unemployment insurance.

Banning students’ use of cellphones during the school day has been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states—at least eight have enacted such measures, and several more are considering doing so.

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, North Dakota’s Kelly Armstrong, Tennessee’s Bill Lee and Texas’s Greg Abbott. The move goes against tradition, when flags stay at half-staff ...

Advocates for access to abortions say the new state law effectively bans the vast majority of abortions in Iowa.

The Midwest Newsroom and its partners asked police departments and sheriff offices in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to tell us whether they will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies as part of the Trump White House “mass deportation” plan.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Flags at the Iowa Capitol will fly full-staff Jan. 20 for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, then return to half-staff to continue the remembrance of President Jimmy Carter.

At least eight states have enacted cellphone bans in schools over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year.

Iowa lawmakers have introduced bills that could block a proposed Cedar Rapids casino by creating a five-year moratorium on state licenses. The legislations were introduced by Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature this week, potentially thwarting backers' hopes for a new $275 million gambling facility.

Iowa lawmakers are looking to fast-track a bill halting new gaming licenses, potentially blocking Linn County's third try for a casino.