Iowa lawmakers on Thursday pushed forward the state economic development chief's proposed revamp of incentives used to spur development.

Under the legislation, $1 million in state funds would go to the Double Up Food Bucks program if the USDA approves a waiver ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed ...

DES MOINES — Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers. The Senate ...

House File 379/House File 386. Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa’s baseball teams would have been revived under the bill. Both teams were cut decades ago as cost-saving ...

Coming up on KCCI 8 news close up, Iowa could go hands-free. The momentum the governor's no cell phone while driving bill is gaining in the state house in the next steps to get it passed.

Low-income Iowans are closer to facing restrictions in items they buy with SNAP dollars under a bill the Iowa House passed Wednesday.

Sue Woody believes public libraries reflect their communities' needs. That's why she used city dollars in 2023 to hire Des Moines Public Library's first social worker — a role aimed at helping ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An estimated 116,707 Iowans—including tens of thousands of children and seniors—could lose access to food assistance under proposed federal and state-level cuts to the ...

(Des Moines) -- The Iowa Legislature has advanced a bill to provide a $1 billion tax cut to companies covering unemployment benefits for out-of-work Iowans. Iowa lawmakers reduced the maximum ...

Businesses would receive a nearly $1 billion tax cut on the money they pay into Iowa's unemployment trust fund, under a proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds that is advancing in the Iowa Legislature. The ...