(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Speaker of the House Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) delivered opening remarks to the Iowa House of Representatives today. The following are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Ladies and Gentlemen of the Iowa House. Welcome back to the chamber for the 2024 Legislative Session. Thank you for continuing to trust me […]
by Casey Quinlan, Iowa Capital Dispatch January 5, 2024 Friday’s jobs data showed a strong, resilient U.S. labor market with wages outpacing inflation — welcome news for Americans hoping to have more purchasing power in 2024. The December jobs report unveiled another unemployment rate below 4%, as it has for two years, at 3.7%, the […]
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 […]
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Thursday, January 4, and remain at half-staff until sunset on Sunday, January 7, 2024, in support of students, families, teachers and staff at Perry High School and the Perry community. “Our hearts are heavy today, and our […]
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 […]
Crop production updates available anywhere with an internet connection December 20, 2023, 2:44 pm | Brent Pringnitz, Meaghan Anderson AMES, Iowa – CropsTV, powered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, will return for a fourth season in 2024. This educational program delivers crop production information directly to farmers and agricultural service providers. It provides […]
Claimants Can Use ID.me Starting on January 2; New System Will Be Required on April 1 DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) today is announcing a partnership with ID.me, the next-generation digital identity network that simplifies how individuals securely prove and share their identity online, to modernize the identity verification process of its […]
By Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig 2023 marked 100 years since the Iowa Legislature created the position of Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. In that time, fifteen different Iowans have had the opportunity to lead the talented team at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Though much has changed since 1923, one thing […]
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 […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.3 percent in November, up from 3.1 percent one year ago. Iowa’s labor force participation rate decreased to 68.1 percent in November (down 0.3 percent from October and 0.1 percent from one year ago) even as businesses gained 4,700 jobs. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment […]
