The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Expanding farm zoning exemptions, expanding the retired farmer rental income tax exemption, ...

Iowa Sen. Art Staed, D-Cedar Rapids, speaks on the floor of the Iowa Senate during the first day of the 2026 session of the Iowa Legislature at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Monday. (Erin ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivered her Condition of the Judiciary address at the state capitol on Wednesday, highlighting significant judicial topics. She discussed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture plans to file a comprehensive farm policy bill in the upcoming legislative session. Pictured is art ...

For the first day of the 2026 Iowa legislative session, lawmakers gathered at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday. Topics that were discussed as being high priority included property tax, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- One of the more unusual dynamics of the 2026 Iowa legislative session will be the potential of five different property tax reform proposals ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- The Iowa legislative session in 2026 is similar to the political makeup from 2025 with Republicans holding the majority of seats in both the ...

Update: Charges were dismissed Jan. 2, 2026, against all three protestors under a deal with prosecutors that required them to complete a certain amount of community service by the end of 2025, court ...

The Iowa State Capitol from the historic East Village in Des Moines on Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Water quality, property rights and pesticide labeling are top issues ...

Iowans looking to sway their state senator or representative on a bill or raise new issues may soon engage with lawmakers during the 2026 legislative session. Here's how to contact Iowa lawmakers and ...

DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers gaveled in the 2026 legislative session on Monday, marking a decade of a Republican trifecta in the statehouse. The majority party’s legislative leaders pinned property tax ...