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The State Objection Panel, consisting of Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, Secretary of State Paul Pate and Attorney General Brenna Bird, meet Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. (Erin Murphy/The Gazette via AP)
Iowa judge rules against Libertarian candidates, keeping their names off the ballot for Congress
A judge has ruled that three Libertarian candidates seeking U.S. House seats in Iowa will not appear on the ballot this November.
 
FILE - Iowa Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg delivers his inaugural address, Jan. 18, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Iowa lieutenant governor resigns to take over state lobby group representing bankers
Iowa Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg is resigning after serving more than seven years in office to take the helm of the state’s bankers association. He said Tuesday “my time in public service must come to a close.”
 
Iowa proposes summer grocery boxes as alternative to direct cash payments for low-income families
Iowa is proposing an alternative program to address child hunger during next year’s summer break. The state says grocery boxes in the summer months can leverage existing community-driven infrastructure and prioritize nutrition.
 
FILE - A PlannedParenthood sign is displayed outside the clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Iowa abortion providers dismiss legal challenge against state’s strict law now that it’s in effect
Iowa abortion providers are opting to dismiss their lawsuit against the state since the Iowa Supreme Court allowed a strict abortion law to be enforced.
 
Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant
Iowa now bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. The law went into effect Monday in Iowa.
 
Dr. Sarah Traxler, Planned Parenthood North Central States' chief medical officer, poses for a photo in the ultrasound room at the Planned Parenthood clinic, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa's strict abortion law goes into effect Monday, July 29, 2024, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
After years of fighting Iowa’s strict abortion law, clinics also prepared to follow it
Iowa is set to join more than a dozen other states where abortion access has been sharply curbed since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy takes effect in Iowa at 8 a.m.
 
FILE - Abortion-rights protesters attend a rally, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, July 29, 2024, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Iowa’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. The law was passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from being enforced.
 
FILE - Local residents walk among the debris from tornado damaged homes, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, closing roads and bridges and costing over $130 million in infrastructure damage, officials said Thursday, July 11. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Devastated by record flooding and tornadoes, Iowa tallies over $130 million in storm damage
Iowa officials say record flooding and powerful tornadoes in the spring caused $130 million in infrastructure damage. Officials gave the update Thursday as the state assesses the damage.
 
FILE - Pastor Michael Shover of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella, left, argues with Ryan Maher, of Des Moines, as protestors voice opposition to a new ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy introduced by Republican lawmakers in a special session in Des Moines, Iowa, July 11, 2023. The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on the state’s temporarily blocked abortion law, which prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant on Friday, June 27, 2024. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)
Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state’s strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effect.
 
Floodwater continues to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam, Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Mankato, Minn. Water breached the earthen abutment early Monday morning and rapidly eroded the west bank of the Blue Earth River. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Severe weather wreaks havoc across the US — from Midwest flooding to deadly Northeast storms
Severe weather over days has caused havoc and destruction across the U.S. That includes torrential rains and flooding in the Upper Midwest and powerful storms in the Northeast that left a least two people dead from falling trees.
 
This drone photo provided by AW Aerial shows a home as it teeters before partially collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Rapidan, Minn., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Andrew Weinzierl/AW Aerial via AP)
Swollen river claims house next to Minnesota dam as flooding and extreme weather grip the Midwest
A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam has collapsed into the river as extreme weather and flooding continue to grip the upper Midwest.
 
Onlookers take in the catastrophic damage to the Rapidan Dam site in Rapidan, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Debris blocked the dam forcing the heavily backed up waters of the Blue Earth River to reroute along the bank nearest the Dam Store. (Casey Ek/The Free Press via AP)
Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest
Severe storms with tornado warnings brought hail and heavy rain to parts of the Midwest as floodwaters breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations.
 
A railroad bridge connecting North Sioux City, S.D., with Sioux City, Iowa, is seen partially collapsed into the Big Sioux River due to flooding on Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Margery A. Beck)
Midwestern flooding collapses a bridge, forces evacuations and kills at least 2
Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. has collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued.
 
Opponents of an Iowa immigration law rally outside the federal courthouse on Monday, June 10, 2024, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Opponents of the law are seeking an injunction to stop it from taking effect July 1, 2024. The law would give state law enforcement the right to arrest people who have outstanding deportation orders or who previously have been denied admission to the U.S. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)
Iowa defends immigration law that allows local officials to arrest people told to leave US
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announces the results of her office's review of victim services in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, May 31, 2024. Bird decided to resume emergency contraception funding for sexual assault victims but end the rare practice of reimbursing victims for abortions. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)
Iowa attorney general will resume emergency contraception funding for rape victims
The Iowa attorney general’s office will resume emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault but end the rare practice of reimbursing victims for abortions.
 
Severe storm clouds move across the northwest edge of Davenport, Iowa on Friday, May 24, 2024. Several tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees on Friday, just after a deadly twister devastated one small town.(Roy Dabner/Quad City Times via AP)
More severe weather moves through Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage
Several tornadoes have been reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees. Friday’s severe weather comes days after a tornado devastated one small Iowa town, killing four people and injuring 35 others.
 
Local residents clean up debris from a tornado damaged home, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
More bad weather could hit Iowa, where 3 powerful tornadoes caused millions in damage
The National Weather Service says three separate powerful tornados carved up long paths across Iowa. One twister killed four people as it tore through the small city of Greenfield, Iowa.
 
Local residents hug in front of their tornado damaged home, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say
Officials say five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield.
 
A man sorts through the remains of a home damaged by a tornado Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Greenfield, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Tornado devastates Iowa town, killing multiple people as powerful storms rip through Midwest
Multiple people have died and at least a dozen were injured since a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris.
 
FILE - Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily talks with patient Haley Ruark about the medical abortion process at a Planned Parenthood clinic, Oct. 12, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced Tuesday, May 14, 2024, that Pittsburg, Kansas, will be home to a new facility providing abortion procedures and pills, as well as pregnancy services, contraception and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states
A new abortion clinic is going to open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state’s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
 
FILE - A woman listens to a speaker during an Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice rally and march, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. Civil rights and immigrant rights groups Thursday, May 9, 2024, are suing Iowa over a new law that makes it a crime to be in the state if previously denied admission to the U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa law lets police arrest migrants. The federal government and civil rights groups are suing
The U.S. Justice Department sued Iowa over its new law that would give the state the authority to arrest and deport some migrants. It is the second lawsuit filed Thursday that seeks to block legislation passed earlier this year by state lawmakers.
 
People march during an Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice rally and march, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Justice Department warns it plans to sue Iowa over new state immigration law
The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to sue Iowa over the state’s new immigration law. The statute makes it a crime for a person to be in the state if they’ve previously been denied admission to the U.S.
 
FILE - Ralph Yarl looks at a badge that he received after walking at a brain injury awareness event, May 29, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The family of Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot when he mistakenly went to the wrong home in Kansas City, Mo., filed a lawsuit Monday, April 29, 2024, against the white 84-year-old homeowner, an attempt to pursue justice from the “driver’s seat” and put pressure on the criminal trial scheduled for later this year, the family's attorney said. (KCTV via AP, File)
Family of a Black teen who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell files lawsuit against homeowner
The family of a Black teenager by a white homeowner when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, address has filed a lawsuit.
 
FILE - The Iowa Capitol is visible before sunrise, Jan. 12, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. After a marathon day that stretched into the early hours of Saturday, April 20, Iowa lawmakers wrapped up a four-month legislative session that was focused on reforming the way special education is managed and speeding up tax cuts. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Iowa lawmakers address immigration, religious freedom and taxes in 2024 session
Iowa lawmakers have wrapped up the General Assembly’s four-month session that focused on reforming the way special education is managed and speeding up tax cuts.
 
Iowa governor signs measure increasing compensation for Boy Scouts abuse victims
Iowa men who were victims of child molestation while they were in the Boy Scouts of America could get higher legal compensation under a bill approved by lawmakers and signed into law the governor.
 
FILE - A soybean field is sprayed in Iowa, July 11, 2013. The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks lawmakers’ help to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer
The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks. Bayer disputes such claims but already has paid about $10 billion to resolve them.
 
FILE - This combo of booking images provided by the Story County, Iowa, Sheriff's Office, show, from left, Gary Graham Jr., 44, Danielle Graham, 42, Aaron Williams, 20, all from Zearing, Iowa, were charged Monday, March 18, 2024, with first-degree kidnapping and willful injury. A fourth member, a 16-year-old girl, was not named. The four members have pleaded not guilty, Monday, April 15, 2024, in the abduction and abuse of an 18-year-old relative who had allegedly showed up at a hospital so badly beaten that his brain was bleeding and so malnourished that he weighed just 70 pounds (32 kilograms), according to court documents. (Story County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
4 family members plead not guilty in abduction and abuse of a malnourished Iowa teen
Four members of a rural Iowa family have pleaded not guilty in the abduction and abuse of an 18-year-old relative who had allegedly showed up at a hospital so badly beaten that his brain was bleeding and so malnourished that he weighed just 70 pounds (32 kilograms), according to court documents.
 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a one-day blitz to gain access to the state’s presidential ballot as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question.
 
Iowans supporting access to abortion rally on Thursday, April 11, 2024, outside the courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, where the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on the state's restrictive abortion law. The law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is on hold as the courts assess its constitutionality. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)
Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy.
 
FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Reynolds on Wednesday, April 10. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will make it a crime for a person to be in the state if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States. The measure was signed Wednesday. It takes effect July 1.
 
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