Good morning from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
“This potentially could be the issue that gives you the status of a former member of a city council or a former member of Congress.” — Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science at UMass Amherst, on bipartisan opposition to data centers among voters around the country.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and state Rep. Josh Turek will compete in the Nov. 3, 2026 election to become Iowa’s next U.S. senator. (Photos by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
As U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and state Rep. Josh Turek met for the second — and final — U.S. Senate debate Tuesday, both candidates said they did not support President Donald Trump’s move to lift sanctions against the “import sale, delivery, offloading, or importation” of Russian diesel in response to high fuel costs.
The debate came one day before the start of early voting in Iowa.
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has agreed to award the Iowaska Church of Healing the state certification that is needed to clear the way for the issuance of federal certificates to not only import a controlled substance, but also to manufacture from it a tea that is to be used in religious ceremonies. (Photo via Getty Images)
After years of litigation over its nonprofit status and use of a hallucinogenic controlled substance, an Iowa-based church is one step closer to being able to import the drug.
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has agreed to award the Iowaska Church of Healing the state certification that is needed to clear the way for the issuance of federal certificates to not only import a controlled substance, but also to manufacture from it a tea that is to be used in religious ceremonies.
After an incredibly wet September with just a handful of days suitable for field work, the first full week of October brought drier, warmer conditions that allowed farmers to make some progress on corn and soybean harvests.
Farmers and biofuel producers in Iowa are celebrating a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to reallocate renewable fuel requirements from which small refineries received an exemption.
The John Deere Foundation announced Tuesday it was committing $18.5 million to support food banks across the country and their connections with farmers, with $13 million of the commitment to support food banks and farmers in Iowa.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said Tuesday she would support U.S. Border Patrol agents and law enforcement as the National Border Patrol Council endorsed her campaign for U.S. Senate.
Morningside University will use federal grant funding to expand simulated experiential learning and help those hoping to instruct in the health sciences field one day, with the goal of supporting nursing education and workforce needs in its communities.
In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country, Stateline reports.
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge.
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