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

GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by raising flags before the end of a customary 30-day mourning period following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.

JEERS ... to Idaho Gov. Brad Little. Monday, the flag of the United States will fly at full-staff throughout Idaho — in violation of the accepted 30-day period of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter. Why? Because Donald Trump’s ego was bruised.

Gov. Kim Reynolds spoke about her plans to set a statewide school cellphone use policy during her Condition of the State address Jan. 14, 2025. (Screen shot courtesy of Iowa PBS)

Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers the annual Condition of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at the Iowa State

Kim Reynolds' Condition of the State address Tuesday night. You can tell a lot about an elected official's priorities by the words they use — and how often they use them. Take, for example ...

During her Condition of the State speech on Tuesday night, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her top priorities for the 2025 legislative session. They include streamlining the state's response to ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has joined other Republican leaders by ordering U.S. and Idaho flags be raised to full staff on Monday, Jan. 20 to recognize the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has directed Iowa's top law enforcement officials to "fully cooperate and assist" with federal agencies carrying out deportations promised on day one of President-elect Donald ...

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.

DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers on Tuesday shelved a bill that would allow surgical castration to be imposed as a punishment for certain sex crimes committed against children under a bill introduced in the Iowa House.

A federal judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new president's hardline agenda.