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VA doctor from Ottumwa agrees to indefinite license suspension

(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Medicine)

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 24, 2025 A Veterans Administration physician from Ottumwa has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his license. Earlier this year, the Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Joshuan Nolan Hicks, 44, with violating an agreement or health contract he entered into with the Iowa Physicians Health Program. According to […]

Sen. Mike Klimesh elected Iowa Senate majority leader

Sen. Mike Klimesh, joined by Sens. Annette Sweeney, left, and Sarah Trone Garriott, right heard public comments on a bill related to pharmacy benefits managers Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 24, 2025 Sen. Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, was elected Wednesday to serve as Iowa Senate majority leader, taking over the role from Sen. Jack Whitver. Republicans, who hold a 33-17 majority in the Iowa Senate, met Wednesday and elected Klimesh to take on the top Senate leadership job. Klimesh […]

Charlie Kirk killed at Utah Valley University, search for shooter continues

Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. (photo by Gage Skidmore under CC BY-SA 4.0)

by Katie McKellar, Alixel Cabrera and Kyle Dunphey, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 10, 2025 Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in a news conference Wednesday afternoon that a person of interest was in custody, but […]

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa delegation return to India on 2025 trade mission

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks Oct. 2, 2024, at a press conference following her trade mission to India. Behind her is Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and business leaders who attended the trip to India. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 9, 2025 Gov. Kim Reynolds has returned to India with a delegation from Iowa this week, following up from trade discussions that began during her first visit in 2024. Reynolds had first visited India with Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority […]

Trump moves to revoke $5 billion of approved foreign aid spending

White House budget director Russell Vought speaks with reporters inside the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 29, 2025 WASHINGTON — The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a controversial maneuver meant to bypass lawmakers. The so-called pocket rescission, which a top congressional watchdog and the Republican chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations […]

New report says Ernst plans to not seek reelection in 2026

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst addressed members of the Westside Conservative Club at the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 29, 2025 Democratic candidates running for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat said Friday that reports indicating U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst will not seek reelection in 2026 demonstrate the strength of their campaigns. According to CBS News article published Friday, Ernst does not plan to seek reelection for a third […]

Rep. Zach Nunn promotes legislation aimed at easing the nurse shortage

U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (left) introduced legislation Aug. 25, 2025 at Clive Behavioral Health to address the nursing shortage. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 26, 2025 U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn was at Clive Behavioral Health Monday to introduce legislation he said could help more students earn nursing degrees and allow veteran nurses to become mentors for the next generation — all with the intent of making a dent in the national nursing […]

Trump administration threatens to yank state funds over truckers’ English proficiency

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy rides on a FrontRunner train in Salt Lake City during a media event on Monday, April 7, 2025. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)

by Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 26, 2025 Three states are at risk of losing some federal transportation funding because they are not enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order that commercial truck drivers must be proficient in English, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. New Mexico, Washington and California will have 30 days […]

Trump creates ‘quick reaction force’ out of state Guard troops for law enforcement

A member of the National Guard stands alongside a military vehicle parked in front of Union Station, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)

by Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 25, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing state National Guard units to be ready to assist local, state and federal law enforcement, a potential step toward a dramatic expansion of Trump’s use of military personnel for domestic policing. The order calls for Defense Secretary Pete […]

Nearly half of Iowa corn at the dent stage

Corn and soybeans near Lake City in August, 2022. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch August 25, 2025 Forty-five percent of Iowa corn acres have reached the dent stage and soybeans are just beginning to color, with nearly all, or 90%, of the crop already setting pods, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn and […]

                 

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