Good morning from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
“The First Amendment does not allow government officials to pick and choose which religions may participate in public life.” — Matt Kezhaya, general counsel for The Satanic Temple, in a statement about the temple’s lawsuit against the State of Iowa after being refused permission to stage a winter holiday event in the State Capitol rotunda.
A pipeline company in Iowa is being sued for backing out of a contract to purchase parts for its pipeline. (Photo via Getty Images)
The company planning to build a carbon sequestration pipeline through Iowa is being sued by a second pipeline parts company, this time for $6.6 million.
SCS Carbon Transport LLC, an affiliate of Summit Carbon Solutions, is being sued by Patton Myhre Sourcing, a Texas-based company that Summit allegedly contracted with to purchase custom valves.
The corporate headquarters of the West Des Moines nursing home chain Accura Healthcare. (Photo via Google Earth)
A group of six Iowa nursing homes owes more than $2.1 million in back rent, two of the homes’ former landlords allege.
Summit Healthcare Operating Partnership of California and Fantasia Investment of the Cayman Islands is suing six Iowa nursing homes that operate under the common ownership of Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company with offices in West Des Moines.
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona told Iowa Democrats Thursday their state plays a vital role in combating the “corruption” of President Donald Trump by helping decide control of Congress in 2026 through competitive elections for the U.S. Senate and House.
In 2025, Iowa Environmental Council worked with Woodbury County residents to install air quality monitors in the county. A year later, air quality data shows the county frequently has acute air pollution events.
On behalf of The Satanic Temple, the ACLU of Iowa filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging the state has blocked the temple’s rights to free speech, nondiscrimination and religious exercise.
A new federal rule will end Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming hormone therapies and procedures for kids under age 18, Stateline reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued New York, Connecticut and Vermont over laws that allow immigrants in the country without permanent legal status to pay in-state college tuition in the states where they live.
COMMENTARY
“Both political parties will always struggle with their identity and that is a healthy democratic function, not the death cry of a Republican or Democratic organization,” guest columnist Dave Nagle writes.
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