At a Council Bluffs roundtable, Rob Sand emphasized listening as community members raised concerns about education funding, oversight and teacher retention.

Iowa lawmakers pass welfare overhaul tightening Medicaid and SNAP access, adding verification rules and limiting retroactive health coverage.

A sales tax break for new or restarted nuclear energy projects — like the planned restarting of the Duane Arnold Anergy Center near Palo — has been approved by state lawmakers.

Sand proposes tax credits for conservation, stricter manure rules, Medicaid overhaul and PBM crackdown to address Iowa water quality and health costs.

“You can choose another spineless career politician or you can choose a conservative outsider,” Steen says in the new ad.

Iowa lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds that would require age verification on adult websites in an effort to prevent minors from accessing obscene material online.

Legislation restructuring Iowa’s magistrate system was among 14 bills signed into law Thursday.