The bill would also change the procedures governing how officers and other city employees are disciplined through cities' civil service commissions.

Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.

A Des Moines nonprofit is trying for a second time to win approval to build a tiny home village to provide permanent affordable housing for people who are homeless.

Overnight snow is leaving a light dusting on the roads for morning commuters. It's slowly clearing as nearly 200 plows across Iowa work to clear the interstates. Drivers are still advised to be cautious on less-traveled roads. More covered roads and slick spots in Eastern Iowa are causing multiple crashes closer to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers are once again trying to push forward legislation that would disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law enforcement like the ones created in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

Under a bill advanced by Iowa lawmakers, cities with citizen police review boards would have to disband the commissions, including Iowa City’s.  The three-member panel of Iowa Senators advanced the bill,

Climate action proponents say the layoffs will make it harder for the local government to reach its net zero emission goal by 2050.

WalletHub compared and scored nearly 200 cities across the United States to find the best city for job seekers.

Currently, Iowa is 44th in the nation for the number of patients for every doctor according to the Iowa Medical Society.

Cities would be prohibited from contracting with vendors to collect speeding fines from automated traffic cameras under a proposal that took its first legislative step Tuesday.