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Child abuse, neglect or endangerment laws were used to charge hundreds of pregnant people with crimes in the two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, underscoring…
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts, right, greets students and staff on the first day of school at Goodrell Elementary on Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jon Lemons/Courtesy of…
Alex Wilken, a critical care nurse at UnityPoint Health, said he and two other nurses have delivered a letter to UnityPoint Health executives asking for voluntary recognition of a nurses…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Nashville press conference on July 18, 2025, to discuss arrests of immigrants during recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps. (Photo by…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks to reporters at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol during the third day of a federal government shutdown, on Friday,…
Oil pumpjacks are seen in a field near a wind turbine in April in Close City, Texas. Weak oil prices have led to recent energy layoffs in Texas and North…
White House budget director Russ Vought, who is depicted as the Grim Reaper in a video posted by President Donald Trump during the shutdown in October 2025, speaks with reporters…
An Afghan refugee caresses her 9-day-old infant inside the pediatric ward of a medical treatment facility in 2021 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Refugees are among the lawfully present noncitizens…
Hope Broussard, 20, sought care at a Planned Parenthood in Washington in 2023 when her IUD became lodged in her cervix and the clinics in her hometown of Sandpoint, Idaho,…
The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, just hours before a federal government shutdown. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Americans,…
A sign on the entrance to the U.S. National Arboretum says it is closed due to the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by…
Iowa’s community colleges could implement bachelor’s degrees in the future with careful planning and support, a new report stated. (Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Community Colleges for Iowa has released a…
The State Historical Society of Iowa Research Center in Iowa City. (Photo via Google Earth) A group of Iowa historians, professors, archivists and donors are challenging the State Historical Society…
Sarah Elgatian is a graduate student in rural Iowa, who like about 16 million women of reproductive age, uses Medicaid insurance and at times has relied on Planned Parenthood for…
Iowans are still assessing the potential effects of a federal government shutdown on a wide variety of programs, including higher education, agriculture and food aid. (Photo by BetterPhoto/iStock/Getty Images) As…