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Quad-City Times: Iowa’s prison population is below 8,000 for the first time in 20 years as officials try to stem coronavirus outbreaks at several facilities. Iowa’s nine prisons had 7,406 offenders as of Friday morning — …
Less than three months after the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was enacted on July 1, the United States and Canada are squaring off in a renewed tariff war over aluminum exports that Iowa’s export council chairman …
Wall Street Journal: Terry Branstad is stepping down as U.S. ambassador to China, ending a more than three-year tenure at the forefront of Washington’s increasingly strained relationship with Beijing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Branstad …
Courtney Kay-Decker, who was director of the Iowa Department of Revenue from 2011 to 2019, has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service as one of 10 new members of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory …
Iowa’s state tax revenue has declined 5.4% year-over-year during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the newest fiscal update released this week by the Legislative Services Agency. From March 19 through Sept. 8, net state tax revenue declined …
More than $7.1 million in federal assistance has been approved for Iowans, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week. FEMA individually approved more than $3.1 million in individual assistance grants for more than 900 …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership is holding a series of events beginning next week to replace its annual advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., in May, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to …
How will Iowa workers’ compensation cases play out in instances where employees have contracted COVID-19 and file a claim for coverage? That question will likely remain hanging in legal limbo for months while civil cases …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue declared 18 Iowa counties natural disaster areas Thursday, making farmers eligible for federal assistance in the wake of the effects of COVID-19 and the Aug. 10 derecho. Perdue …
A proposed order issued this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that would temporarily prohibit landlords from evicting tenants unable to pay rent likely won’t halt all evictions, nor will it immediately …
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