Good morning from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
“The message I give today is, ‘Please, consumers: Take a moment, take a deep breath, check it out. Don’t take it at face value.’ I’m sorry, I wish I could tell you we’re all perfect, and we’re all honest, and we’re all good people. But as long as those few bad actors are out there, we have to be on guard.” - Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, calling for Iowans to take steps to protect against fraud.
Clearview Home in Mount Ayr was cited for failing to report resident abuse after a teenage caregiver shared video of a resident urinating. (Photo via Google Earth)
A caregiver at an Iowa nursing home resident recorded video of a resident urinating and then shared the video with others at a local high school and in a Snapchat group, state inspectors reported.
The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing has fined the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr $500 for failing to report resident abuse. According to inspectors, a caregiver at the home used her cellphone at some point prior to April 1, 2026, to record video of a male resident who was diagnosed with a severe cognitive impairment. The video allegedly captured the man urinating into a trash can in the facility’s chapel.
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate spoke with reporters in his office at the Iowa State Capitol Dec. 2, 2024 after he met virtually with other members of the Iowa State Board of Canvass to certify the results of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said a law targeting fraudulent businesses that use Iowans’ names and addresses to register their companies is a tool he plans to use in cracking down on fraud while working with organizations like the Iowa Better Business Bureau.
Pate said the new Iowa law, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds June 1, will allow his office to address and resolve situations where a fraudulent business chooses a random individual and home address as their “registered agent” in the state, an act that directs creditors and legal action to the unaffiliated homeowner based on the business’ actions.
The Attorney Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Iowa has sanctioned a former attorney for the City of Davenport for allegedly withholding information from select city aldermen.
Iowa Sen. Julian Garrett, R-Indianola, has died following a battle with cancer. Garrett, 85, had announced in March that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and said he would not seek reelection in Iowa Senate District 11.
Congress must act to shore up Social Security during the next six years to avoid an automatic drop-off in benefits in 2032, according to a report released Tuesday.
As various officials and groups aim to use the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, with the help of a famed sitcom actor, turned the spotlight Tuesday to a central tenet of U.S. democracy: religious freedom.
States have spent the past several decades debating whether to legalize cannabis. Now, they are debating how intoxicating legal products should be, Stateline reports.
A hastily constructed immigrant detention facility on a military base in Texas wasted millions in federal funding and failed to meet basic standards, according to a report released Tuesday by a nonpartisan government watchdog.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States will retaliate after Iran shot down a U.S. Army Apache helicopter late Monday over the Strait of Hormuz, and that the two American pilots aboard were unharmed.
U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.
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