Iowa can't enforce its own immigration law, U.S. appeals court says. But with Justice Department in new hands, future of statute unclear

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s is ready to use every tool, including deploying the Iowa National Guard, to carry out President Trump’s plans for mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Reynolds has notified state prison officials and the Iowa Department of Public Safety that if they arrest someone who may in the country illegally,

Gov. Kim Reynolds told Iowa law enforcement officials Friday to prepare to support the federal government’s effort to deport undocumented immigrants, expected to start when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

A federal appeals court is siding with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and keeping a temporary block on an Iowa immigration law.

Property taxes are crushing taxpayers nationwide, and Iowa is no exception. In the past two decades, Iowa’s property taxes have surged by more than 110%, with local governments collecting over $7 billion in fiscal 2025 – a 7% increase from the previous year.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied entry to the United States.

This newfound enthusiasm has also affected the nuclear industry, where two dominant age groups have emerged: baby boomers who mostly took nuclear jobs for consistent work, and millennials and Gen Zers who made a motivated choice to enter a stigmatized field, advocates in the industry say.

At least 30 governors ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.

Iowa ranks ninth in the country for its unemployment trust fund balance and 12th for its taxable wage base for unemployment insurance.

Gov. Kim Reynolds sent a notice to each of Iowa's state universities Thursday reminding them to comply with the state's prohibition of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans