by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch January 4, 2024 A 17-year-old student of Perry High School, armed with a shotgun, handgun and a makeshift bomb, killed a sixth-grade student and injured five others Thursday morning before the start of the school day, according to state law enforcement officials. The perpetrator was Dylan Butler, who fatally […]
by Erika Bolstad, Iowa Capital Dispatch January 2, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — As winter weather began arriving in mountain passes, the Oregon Department of Transportation issued a warning: The state was running out of money to plow roads and could “no longer maintain the state’s transportation system at the same level as we have in […]
by Robert Leonard, Iowa Capital Dispatch January 1, 2024 Perhaps the most taken-for-granted appliances in the home are modern washers and dryers. “We owe the invention of the washing machine to Jacob Christian Schäffer (1767),” according to Speed Queen Investor. “30 years later, an American, Nathaniel Briggs, obtained the first patent for a washing machine. […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 22, 2023 The Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human Services notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Iowa will not participate in a program that provides additional food assistance for children during the summer, the state announced Friday. The two Iowa departments, alongside Iowa Gov. Kim […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 21, 2023 The state’s dryness has continued to worsen, and extreme drought now encompasses more than a third of Iowa, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor report on Thursday. The area of extreme drought — the second-worst of four classifications — has long occupied a substantial swath of […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 20, 2023 U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra announced Wednesday he will seek reelection for a third term representing Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. The Hull Republican asked for Iowans’ support in electing Republicans to serve in Washington, D.C. — both in U.S. Congress and the White House. Now more than […]
by Zach Wendling, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 17, 2023 LINCOLN, Nebraska — One Nebraska lawmaker’s efforts to increase recycling have led her to explore an Iowa program to donate and reuse prescription drugs and tackle rising medication costs. Freshman State Sen. Jana Hughes of Seward is looking to join forces with Iowa nonprofit SafeNetRx, which […]
by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 7, 2023 WASHINGTON — Members of Congress left the Capitol on Thursday without a deal on sought-after changes to immigration policy that’s tied to aid for Ukraine and Israel — leaving them just one week to resolve the dispute before lawmakers depart for a three-week holiday break. Negotiations […]
by Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 6, 2023 WASHINGTON — Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Wednesday joined the growing list of Congress members heading for the U.S. Capitol exits. McCarthy’s planned departure by year’s end, following the expulsion of disgraced New York Republican Congressman George Santos, will leave the House GOP with a razor-thin majority […]
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 6, 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to move forward Wednesday with a $111 billion spending package that would have bolstered aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the Southern border amid deep disagreement about immigration policy. The 49-51 procedural vote, which needed at least 60 senators to […]
