Category: Daily Digest

The White House is pressuring House Republicans to approve a government spending plan…Iowa business groups are pushing for legislation to allow foreign businesses to buy Iowa farmland for large developments.

Harvard’s president is resigning following criticism of her congressional testimony over antisemitism…students in Iowa are calling on the legislature to make changes to the state’s gun laws.

Nearly 50 people are dead following an earthquake in Japan…the suspect in a drive-by shooting is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Cedar Rapids.

Nikki Haley defends her comments on the Civil War…a group of GOP lawmakers wants to ban carbon capture pipelines in Iowa.

A coalition of mayors wants help from the feds to deal with migrants being sent north from Texas…Governor Reynolds is being criticized for her decision regarding summer food aid for low-income kids.

A large winter storm disrupts post-Christmas travel…Iowans are urged to protect their health during the respiratory virus season.

Severe weather is sweeping across parts of the nation’s midsection…a decision is expected soon on a lawsuit over a new state law that bans instruction related to sexual orientation.

Congress is done for the year without an agreement on aid for Ukraine tied to changes in immigration policy…Nikki Haley says while campaigning in Iowa that the U.S. won’t survive another Trump term in the White House.