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Federal judge rejects Biden policy shielding immigrant spouses, children from deportation

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by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 8, 2024 WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Thursday struck down a White House policy that created a pathway to citizenship for people in the country lacking permanent status who were married to a U.S. citizen. Eastern District of Texas Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled that the Biden administration […]

Trump in second administration promises mass deportations, tariffs and spending cuts

Donald Trump stopped in Des Moines this past week in support of his presidential campaign.

by Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 6, 2024 WASHINGTON — Voters delivered a decisive win for former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election, laying the groundwork for a second administration — a “golden age,” he calls it — in which he has vowed to conduct mass […]

Final report before presidential election shows just 12,000 jobs added after hurricanes, strikes

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by Casey Quinlan, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 1, 2024 U.S. businesses added only 12,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department announced Friday, in a weak final jobs report heading into the final days of the presidential election. But experts say a pair of major hurricanes and labor strikes in manufacturing, hotels, and cargo transport obscure […]

Iowa reclaims abandoned coal mines that created ‘ecological disaster’

Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (pictured) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 25, 2024 The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship embarked this month on a 162-acre abandoned mine land reclamation project in the Pella Wildlife Area. This is one of about 120 reclamation projects that have taken place in Iowa since the 1980s, several of which have garnered […]

Early voting begins in Iowa: Here’s what to know in 2024

Early voting began in Iowa on Oct. 16, 2024, the first day county auditors are allowed to mail out absentee ballots. (Photo by Carl Payne for Colorado Newsline)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 16, 2024 Early voting has officially begun in Iowa, as of Wednesday, Oct. 16 for the 2024 general election. Iowans will have an early chance to weigh in on their choice for president and U.S. representative, in addition to a number of state legislative and local races and […]

Iowa farmers rapidly approaching the end of harvest season due to dry conditions

A tractor during corn harvest in a field alongside east-bound Interstate 80. (Cami Koons / Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 15, 2024 Iowa corn and soybean harvest is expected to wrap up in the next couple of weeks. The dry conditions from mid-August through October have meant no days off and an expedited harvest for most farmers. The crop progress and condition report for Oct. 7 through Oct. […]

Flowing with the Changes

William Penn University Athletics

by Drew Mason [/sports/fball/2024-25/bios/myers_logan_p5u8]Logan Myers knows change is constant and he has embraced that in his time at William Penn. Logan, the son of Jerome and Mary Myers, is a native of Joplin, Missouri and is the starting center for the Statesmen football team. He can trace his football journey all the way back to […]

Iowa DNR releases first county-level deer density report

This pair of deer was spotted within the city limits of Oskaloosa.

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 11, 2024 A population density study of white-tailed deer in Iowa confirmed what most Department of Natural Resources specialists suspected: deer populations are highest where their habitats are most intact. The report also estimated the economic impacts and found deer are an economic benefit in Iowa, with $181 […]

Egg suppliers battle over pricing, claims of bird flu outbreak

A carton of chicken eggs. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 11, 2024 A group of Midwest egg suppliers are embroiled in litigation over egg prices, with an Iowa company arguing it shouldn’t be forced to disclose its pricing information. A central element of the case is whether a fabricated claim of a bird flu outbreak is to blame […]

Biden slams Trump as ‘damn un-American,’ urges Congress to speed up hurricane aid

President Joe Biden speaks about the federal government’s response and recovery efforts to hurricane season in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 10, 2024 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Congress to end its recess early and return to Capitol Hill to approve emergency funding for hurricane recovery, even though his budget office hasn’t released the supplemental request that would kick off the process. Biden also rebuked Republican […]

           

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