The 2024 chronic absenteeism law outlined a three tiered system to help keep kids returning to the classroomFirst, parents ...

Ex-Polk County HR chief Jim Nahas' claim of extortion by Polk County leaders, dismissed in 2023, is reinstated as the case heads for trial.

Litigation over Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2021 refusal to pay pandemic-related jobless assistance to 30,000 Iowans is continuing ...

Litigation over Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2021 refusal to pay pandemic-related jobless assistance to 30,000 Iowans is continuing with a new lawsuit alleging the governor’s decision was unlawful.

Across Iowa, funding cuts to the national service agency AmeriCorps ordered earlier this year by the Department of Government ...

State regulators say they have never inspected and are not investigating a Cedar Rapids-based home health agency alleged to have falsified records, billed for services never delivered and used an ...

District 27 covers southern Polk County, along with Hardee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties and part of Lee County. Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518.

Veteran and former nursing educator Kathryn Dolter is running as a Democrat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. After a ...

Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a federal judge’s ruling from June that the Iowa law conflicts with federal immigration law, and that the federal government has the ...