The January 6th Committee recently subpoenaed Colonel Phil Waldren (Ret.), who they say created a "blueprint" on overturning the 2020 election. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.
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CNN's Donie O'Sullivan examines how lies about the 2020 election could undermine the future of American democracy.
DES MOINES — Motorists in Iowa would be prohibited from using hand-held cellphones or other electronic communication device while driving under legislation approved Tuesday by the House Transportation Committee.
Actor Dustin Hoffman is selling one of the two 1949 Buicks used during the filming of the 1988 Oscar winning movie.
DES MOINES — The line of succession plan for when an Iowa governor is no longer in office would be clarified under a proposed amendment to the state constitution.
CEDAR RAPIDS — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst became emotional as she talked with people involved in refugee resettlement in Cedar Rapids — some of them refugees themselves.
CNN's Ed Lavandera reports on the ways some school districts are combating staffing shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic and exhausting every resource to keep in-person learning open.
K-12 school curriculum has received much public attention in recent years, with many discussions centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Meanwhile, another lesser-known vision grows in popularity—a conservative stance against a proclaimed "false, divisive, and radical, anti-American curriculum"—known as 1776 Action.
State lawmakers have started process of amending the Iowa Constitution
A new trial date has been set for the man accused in the July 10, 2020, kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Breasia Terrell of Davenport.
Iowa would join 25 states in banning hand-held phones while behind the wheel.
A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest from Tuesday:
SIOUX CITY — A Sioux City man accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is scheduled to appear before a Washington, D.C., federal judge later this week to face criminal charges.
Miami's mayor is speaking out after anti-Semitic flyers were delivered to over 200 homes in South Florida. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports.
A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest from Tuesday:
CNN's Nick Watt reports on the intense scrutiny Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is facing from law enforcement and other officials due to ongoing crime.
SIOUX CITY -- J.D. Scholten is making a change.
SIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is scheduled to appear before a Washington, D.C., federal judge later this week to face criminal charges.
(The Center Square) – U.S. courts are handing losses to Democrat-led COVID-19 polices around the nation, from federal to state rulings, as polling shows Americans are souring on the Biden administration’s approach to the pandemic.
CNN's Tom Foreman examines a draft executive order that was unsigned by former President Donald Trump that would've directed the Pentagon to seize voting machines in key states and hunt for evidence of fraud.
DES MOINES — A second attempt by Gov. Kim Reynolds to create a statewide ethanol requirement got less push back during a hearing Tuesday than it did last year — meaning that her revamped attempt to increase sales of the crop-based biofuel appears to, at the very least, have better prospects.
Some Iowa schools can require face masks to comply with federal protections for students with disabilities, according to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco tells CNN's Evan Pérez that investigators are looking into the fake elector certifications pushed by Trump allies to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden.
A roundup of campaign news items of interest from Tuesday:
(The Center Square) – For the first time in at least 15 years, an Iowa governor has not recommended funding changes for Medicaid.
Volatility continues on Wall Street as uncertainty rattles investors. CNN's Matt Egan reports.
A member of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors has announced he is running for a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives.
The Hershey Bears set a new world record with the teddy bear toss.
To find out how our trash habits have changed over the past 60 years, Pela compiled data from the EPA on municipal waste estimates for a variety of items between 1960 and 2018.
Get the lowdown on everything you need to know about product protection plans and how to choose the right one for you, according to Clyde.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Older adults who maintain a steady weight as they age are less likely to experience rapid cognitive decline, regardless of how much they weigh to start, new research suggests.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Living through the pandemic has not been easy for kids, but it has really thrown off children who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research warns.
Iowa woman is dead after she was found in freezing temps outside of an assisted living facility.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans, get up out of that chair and get moving.
(The Center Square) – Americans around the country will begin filing their income taxes as the filing period opened this week, but many could experience major delays from the Internal Revenue Service, which still has millions of unprocessed returns from last year.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced on Jan. 20 that more than $500,000 in grants would be awarded to rural projects within 32 communities and three counties across the State of Iowa. Among those recipients, Wayne County Development Corporation was awarded $10,000 for a 2022 Rural Child Care…
The trial of a Chicago man accused of fatally shooting a Garner man near Federal plaza will be moved to Mitchell County.
With many Americans working from home now, far fewer commuters get behind the wheel every day compared to before the pandemic. Still, travel has picked up considerably over the last year. And gas prices have followed suit. Drivers were paying an average of $3.31 per gallon as of mid-January, according to AAA, up considerably from […]
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Safety Technology Holding Company (CST) has appointed Kathy Boden Holland as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 2021. For more than 30 years, CST has been dedicated to helping people live and drive responsibly. The Company provides consumers and monitoring authorities with products and services to effectively deter impaired driving and support individuals as they navigate the license restoration process.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a trial that will compare its existing COVID-19 vaccine against a new version tailored to beat back the highly contagious Omicron variant.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Tuesday it will withdraw its Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard on Wednesday for businesses with more than 100 employees after a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday vetoed a bill that would have provided paid administrative leave for public school and university employees who miss work due to COVID-19-related issues and instead negotiated “compromise” legislation that would provide such leave to only those who are fully vaccinated.
An Iowa-licensed physician who has questioned the use of vaccines and face masks in fighting COVID-19 says that each day she treats up to 40 patients from around the country and is staging “jailbreaks” that involve pulling patients out of hospitals against the medical advice of other doctors.
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It has begun to feel like a pandemic that will never end, but public health experts now say the Omicron variant may be ushering in a "new normal," where COVID-19 becomes an endemic, but manageable, disease.
Former President Donald Trump is entangled in several legal battles that are all unfolding in ways that could be his biggest impediment to a run in 2024. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza details how three of those battles became more troublesome for Trump within 24 hours.
The second week of session brought forth bills to the various committees which then are assigned to subcommittees. The subcommittee is the first of seven steps for a bill to become a law. Iowa has a wonderful system to ensure many legislators and the public to have the opportunity to debate issues.
The AirCar, a concept car from manufacturer Klein Vision, has been given the greenlight to take flight in Slovakia.
(The Center Square) – The SAT is going digital in a move that College Board said will make the widely used college admission test more relevant.
(The Center Square) – While U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Texas Department of Public Safety officers seized record amounts of narcotics at the southern border last year, it’s only the tip of the iceberg, a retired Border Patrol agent running for Congress says. Far more illicit drugs and illegal weapons are entering the U.S. than are being seized, he said.
Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty weighs in on Russian President Vladimir Putin's aspirations to 'evict the US from Europe,' as Fiona Hill describes in her New York Times OpEd piece.
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