U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst praised the cuts to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) included in the bill passed in the early hours of Thursday to cancel $9 billion in federal funding for ...

Ernst spoke in support of the cuts made through the rescissions bill, requested by President Donald Trump’s administration, that will claw back federal funding that had previously been approved, some ...

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 3, 2025 Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his ...

Common sense says we can’t judge an outcome before a program begins, but I wasn’t surprised to read a guest essay in the Sept. 3 Des Moines Register proclaiming that “it’s safe to say we were wrong” ...

Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its ...

Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its ...

A federal judge has again temporarily blocked portions of an Iowa law aimed at restricting schools’ recognition of LGBTQ+ people and banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content. Lee Enterprises, Inc. ...

The county announced its Central Iowa Source Water Research Assessment in 2023 and heralded it as a first-of-its-kind, unbiased and comprehensive examination of the watersheds that feed the Des Moines ...

Kwik Trip, Inc. is seeking a special use permit to allow construction of a convenience store, gas station and car wash along 53rd Avenue, just east of the new McDonald's restaurant in Bettendorf.

The upward trend for the Pleasant Valley property tax rate mirrors a similar increase in enrollments in the district, which now exceeds Bettendorf. In addition to enrollment growth pushing up the tax ...

The Pleasant Valley School Board is recommending a 5 percent increase in the district's property tax rate to help make up for a reduction in state funding. At its March 22 meeting, the board approved ...

What else to do? Nobody wants your opinion and you can’t just sit there. Origami requires concentration, dexterity, 3-dimensional thinking, and is endlessly rewarding. No two of even the simplest ...