A commission came up with five districts that each represent 21,000 people. Find out where places like Urbandale, Waukee and ...

Orange City's population skyrocketed from just over 6,000 to around 25,000 people on Saturday as the town welcomed in ...

Small towns experiencing population decline often see staples like grocery stores, day cares and schools close. One less-known, missing part of many of these communities is legal representation.

Iowa water bans are a sign of the state’s intensifying struggle with high nitrate levels in streams and rivers that supply ...

While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

For nearly a month, hundreds of thousands of Iowans have not been allowed to water their lawns—even though there's no drought ...

Evergreen received $74,614 from the Title IX Homeless Youth federal grant for the 2024-25 school year, and also receives Title IA funds, some of which is set aside for McKinney-Vento students, ...

The deadly flash flooding in Texas on July 4, 2025, and destructive flash floods a week later in states including New Mexico , Vermont and Iowa are ...

Cities and counties can’t opt out of the cannabis industry, but they are afforded tools to restrict the location and number of businesses.

A transfer tax is a duty collected on the transfer of property from one individual or entity to another. Transfer taxes can ...

We identified obstetric service status for every rural and urban short-term acute care hospital in every US state. During 2010–22, seven states had at least 25 percent of hospitals close their ...

From the Central Valley of California to Midwestern battlegrounds and suburban districts of the northeast, the new law ...