A panel made up of five of Iowa’s statewide elected officials voted unanimously Monday to certify the state’s 2024 election results, finalizing the counting of Iowans’ votes.

The National Retail Federation expects spending to grow this holiday season. Although inflation is down from a year ago, the impact on prices forces some Iowans to modify traditions.

Selzer said the 2024 polling miss didn’t lead her to leave the polling company.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request to send monthly food boxes to low income families over the summer, instead of sending them money for food, has been denied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, leaving summer food assistance for at least 240,000 Iowa kids hanging in the balance.

Iowa Senate Democrats elected Sen. Janice Weiner of Iowa City as their new leader Friday. The number of Democrats in the Iowa Senate has been declining since 2010, and is at its lowest point in more than 50 years.

The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling Friday that sided with Summit Carbon Solutions in a land survey case. Kent Kasischke, a landowner in Hardin County, argued that Iowa’s survey law is unconstitutional because it allows the taking of private property without just compensation.

YSS, a youth social services provider in Iowa, is opening the Ember Recovery Campus with a residential addiction treatment program, crisis stabilization and crisis recovery services.

Republican House Speaker Pat Grassley announced he is establishing a new committee in the 2025 legislative session to perform a "comprehensive review" of Iowa's state colleges and universities.

Data shows the number of clinician-provided abortions fell in Iowa following a law that went into effect in late July banning the procedure when cardiac activity is detected, which can be as early as six weeks of pregnancy.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that boils down to local vs. state and federal authority over carbon dioxide pipeline siting and safety. Separately, Summit Carbon Solutions picked up another permit and applied for another — both of which it needs to build a multi-state carbon capture and sequestration project.