Iowa Capital Dispatch
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Recent Articles (8)
Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting
New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals. Now, cities are increasingly turni
Ag secretary candidate Chris Jones touts systemic changes to Iowa agriculture
The Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture told Iowa State Fair attendees Saturday that “the outrage has finally arrived” for the state of Iowa’s water, and said systemic change rather
Libertarian Jacob Heard committed to fight for party’s ballot access
The Libertarian Party’s new nominee for the 3rd Congressional District race in Iowa gave two reasons to Iowa State Fair attendees for why he shouldn’t have the chance to speak with them on the Des Moi
Auditor candidate Taylor Wettach says he’ll work to reverse law limiting audits
The Democratic candidate for state auditor told Iowa State Fair attendees Saturday he wants to build on the good work Rob Sand has completed in the office — hopefully with Sand as a partner in the gov
‘Hidden homicides’: Families push states for more scrutiny of domestic violence deaths
Families who believe local officials prematurely ruled their loved ones’ deaths suicides or accidents — rather than investigating whether domestic violence played a role — are pushing lawmakers in a g
DNR investigating fish kill in Hecker Creek, potentially related to fire in Postville
Iowa Department of Natural Resources field staff in Manchester confirmed Friday the office was investigating a fish kill that occurred during the time period of a massive fire at a meat processing pla
AG candidate Nate Willems says he’ll focus on Iowans, not out-of-state lawsuits
Democratic candidate for Iowa attorney general Nate Willems laid out his history of winning legal battles for Iowans’ benefit Friday and said his office’s priority would be helping Iowans, rather than
Board alleges Mason City optometrist created AI-generated video of a patient
A Mason City optometrist is being sanctioned for allegedly creating an AI-generated video of a patient by using photos from her social media accounts, and for having sex with a patient. The Iowa Board