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Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa’s top workforce development official said Wednesday they will raise work search requirements for Iowans receiving unemployment benefits. They said it's part of an effort to address the state’s workforce shortage.

Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker has announced he will not run for reelection. Walker is currently the chair of the board and is the first African American to hold the seat. He says he intends to finish out his term, which runs through January of 2023.

Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra has formally announced he is running for reelection in the state’s 4th District. First elected in 2020, Feenstra primaried longtime Rep. Steve King, after King was removed from his committee assignments for making racist comments.

A new report by the state Auditor's Office has found the number of appeals claims overturned by an independent judge greatly increased when the state privatized its Medicaid program.

The Iowa Democratic Party Chair said he received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after The Des Moines Register published an editorial from Wilburn that was critical of former President Donald Trump.

The racial disparities in Iowa's state prisons continue to rank among the highest in the country. According to The Sentencing Project, the state’s Black to white prison ratio has decreased somewhat in recent years, but it’s still among the 10 worst in the nation.

Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development will join U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Iowa this week.

Meat processors and agriculture officials are making sure they’re prepared against a highly contagious swine disease.

Iowa's state medical examiner has confirmed that the human remains found in a farm field outside of Montezuma last month are that of 10-year-old Xavior Harrelson, who disappeared in May, just days before his 11th birthday. The cause of death has not yet been released but law enforcement officers continue to investigate the boy's death as suspicious.

This year’s Iowa Latino Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be virtual for the first time. The ceremony this weekend moved online due to community health concerns.