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The leaders of both Congressional agriculture committees say federal lawmakers will move back farm bill negotiations to December. The current law expires Sept. 30, but experts say there should be little peril despite the blown deadline.

When a group of Midwestern Republicans went marching this week into the office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, it wasn’t spending cuts they wanted to talk about. They were on a mission to preserve billions of dollars in federal support for biofuels and ethanol.

The consumer price index is widely used by Americans to determine inflation, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics only surveys American counties that include a metro or micropolitan area.

In this conversation from Pints and Politics in Cedar Rapids, panelists discuss President Joe Biden's State of the Union address and a flurry of activity from Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature.

The federal piece of legislation expands tax credits available for companies that capture and store carbon underground. But, Iowa environmental organizations say it’s a step back in the fight against climate change.

Cómo una pequeña ciudad de Iowa sigue lidiando con los efectos de un grande brote de COVID-19

Muchos de los empleados de las plantas procesadoras de carne de Iowa ya se encontraban en posiciones vulnerables. Entonces COVID les pegó fuerte en las plantas

Tuesday marks one year since the first group of Iowans were vaccinated against COVID-19. Iowa continues to experience record high COVID-19 hospitalizations for this year.

State health officials said they have confirmed the first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant in Iowa.

A federal investigation has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act at the Woodward and Glenwood Resource Centers.