by Senator Dennis Guth The second week of the legislative session was shortened due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Starting on Tuesday
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OPINION: Protecting Iowa Taxpayers and Stopping Welfare Fraud
By Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) Since being elected to Congress, I have been committed to ensuring Iowa taxpayer dollars are used correctly and safeguarded from
Something is wrong with Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
Warming water may have an outsized impact on the legendary lake, which has been protected for decades. By Greg Stanley Minnesota Star Tribune ITASCA STATE
AmeriCorps grantees receive funding previously held by White House
by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 2, 2025 Since July, grantees of AmeriCorps program funding, including one group in Iowa, have been waiting for
‘Above average’ mosquito populations likely due to heavy summer rains
Iowans urged to take precautions against West Nile virus by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 2, 2025 Since the late 1960s, researchers at Iowa
New Summit Carbon Solutions CEO teases ‘updates’ to business plan in letter to landowners
by Cami Koons Summit Carbon Solutions has a new CEO, Joe Griffin, who authored letters this week to signed and unsigned landowners along the carbon
Wildfire smoke from Canada causes poor air quality in Iowa this weekend
by Cami Koons The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Friday that air quality in Iowa will be at levels “unhealthy for sensitive groups”
Minnesota’s Actions Foreshadow Potential Farm Regulations for Iowa
Environmental groups recently asked the federal government to intervene in northeast Iowa, where ag pollution is believed to have contaminated scads of private wells with
S.D. Legislature passes attempted balance between landowners and carbon pipeline project
Years of debate about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline came to a head Wednesday at the South Dakota state Capitol as lawmakers passed three bills
Miles of a northwest Iowa river have been pumped dry
A significant stretch of a northwest Iowa river has run dry several times in the past seven years as a rural water utility has pumped

