Iowa News

Unemployment in Iowa showed a slight increase to 6.7 percent in October, compared to the previous month's 6.6 percent.

Iowa's first automated snow gates are arriving just in time for winter. The remote-controlled gates are being installed on Interstate 35 and U.S. Highway 18 near Mason City, a stretch that sees some of the worst conditions.

Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait _ if you can get there.

Iowa has officially recorded 21 H1N1 deaths, including seven in Polk County alone.

Gov. Chet Culver is ordering a review of 30 tax credit programs administered by six state agencies to determine if they are meeting goals established when they were enacted.

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says he backs a proposal to move terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to an Illinois prison.

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire in the flood-damaged Czech Village in Cedar Rapids.

A federal magistrate says a man accused of stealing more than $1 million from a Des Moines business will remain in custody because he's a flight risk.

When Gov. Chet Culver froze Iowa's film tax credits, dozens of movies scheduled to shoot in the state changed their plans.

A study says the poorest Iowans paid nearly double the percentage of their income in taxes than the wealthiest paid, a gap the authors argue underscores the need to reform Iowa's tax system.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting two more H1N1 flu-related deaths.

Authorities say an evacuation in the northern Iowa town of Greene is over after an anhydrous ammonia leak.

An attorney says a Minnesota activist has been found in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Davenport.

A Polk County District Court judge has ordered the state Department of Economic Development to promptly issue $6.5 million in film tax credit certificates to a film company that got caught by Gov.

The report issued Monday forecasts that by 2019, the state's nine prisons will hold about 9,000 inmates, up about 8 percent from current numbers.

Iowa conservative leaders are promising to make gay marriage a central issue in next year's elections.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by admin . A new Iowa Poll shows that Iowans are lacking confidence in state officials' budget cutting decisions.

Some Iowans are hoping to take their fight to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes all the way to the state's next legislative session.

It's possible to get up close and personal with the likes of Sens. Jeff Bingaman, John Thune, Barbara Boxer and Susan Collins -- for a price.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of residents falling victim to Alzheimer's disease continues to rise.