Mehmen was arrested for physically assaulting two women, one in December 2022 and another between September 2023 and February 2024. Law enforcement said Mehmen was in a domestic relationship with both ...

A wrap-up of news from around Iowa this past week, including legislative bill hearings, new ownership for a business in Waterloo and state board approval for a Cedar Rapids casino.

DES MOINES — Iowa would allow surgical castration to be imposed as a punishment for certain sex crimes committed against children under a bill introduced in the Iowa House. The legislation is ...

Bill Cassidy has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation ... “And you've approached it using selective evidence to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A new bill introduced in the Iowa General Assembly, House File 80, aims to protect school district employees, contractors, and students from disciplinary actions related to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy will be at the center of the first hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial Health and Human Services Secretary ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill that would allow Iowa school districts to hire athletic trainers in place of school nurses is making its way through the statehouse. Iowa Code requires public schools ...

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds released her proposal ... Under the proposed legislation, the Iowa Department of Education would provide sample policies for the floor-level requirements and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From activists on the far right to Elon Musk, allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don't back his ...

Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, who aims to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., during the Bayou State's 2026 U.S. Senate contest, assailed the incumbent as a "RINO Republican" during an ...

DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers ... Andrew Ritland on the bill, who said the legislation would put criminalization of AI-generated child sexual abuse images in Iowa ahead of the curve.

Iowa lawmakers are seeking to require schools to show ... Sarah Trone Garriott, D-West Des Moines, criticized the bill. "If the intention of this legislation is about truth, why on earth would we ...