It’s been months since an ordinance aimed at keeping new industrial facilities out of polluted neighborhoods was introduced.

Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The law that took effect ...

Melissa was murdered for doing the work of the people of Minnesota. The deaths of Mark and Melissa Hortman at the gunpoint of ...

Three nonprofit groups won reinstatement of their grant awards after challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s order to cut an environmental justice block grant program. Funds must again flow ...

Central Iowa Water Works reveals how it will address high nitrate levels in the future Kristi Noem taken to hospital by ambulance: What we know Food Network star Anne Burrell dies at age 55 Senate ...

Section Publications Article: Washington State’s New Environmental Justice Act Exempts Forest Activities The environmental justice movement has seen recent gains in state legislatures and governors’ ...

Get updates of all things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox. From Monday, June 16, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, Des Moines recorded 0.20 inches of rain, according to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

A coalition of state attorneys general signed onto guidance released Tuesday that reinforces the necessity of environmental justice action despite President Donald Trump’s executive actions that roll ...

A District Court judge in Iowa has ruled in favor of an effort to protect the state's wetlands. The legal move protects a key environmental provision, known as Swampbuster. The Union of Concerned ...

The Iowa Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System, founded in 1992, operates as a defined benefit plan based on a formula established by Iowa state law. These plans—based on the employee's length ...

From Monday, June 16, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, Des Moines recorded 0.20 inches of rain, according to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Ames saw slightly more with 0.32 inches, while Ankeny ...

The annual “Water Rocks” summit is underway at Iowa State University for some 31 teachers representing 24 Iowa school districts. Spokesperson Ann Stout says the workshop participants range ...