DART will provide free rides to cooling centers while the Polk County Extreme Temperature Plan is in effect.

Iowa is known having more affordable housing than other states. A report looks at whether minimum wage workers can afford ...

The exhibit reveals the extent of economic hardship faced by even full-time workers in Des Moines who can’t find or afford ...

That’s what one person asked The Gazette’s Curious Iowa — a series that answers readers’ questions about our state and how it ...

Across Iowa, funding cuts to the national service agency AmeriCorps ordered earlier this year by the Department of Government ...

A building permit has been issued for a long-awaited mixed-use project in the neighborhood adjacent to Drake University, a ...

Iowa has a patchwork of outdoor emergency siren systems that are typically not used for flash flood warnings, local and state officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The recent floods that killed over ...

While Iowa's problems are uniquely severe, nitrate levels are a rising concern in other regions, from California to the Chesapeake Bay.

Central Iowa Water Works, which serves 600,000 central Iowa customers, issued a lawn watering ban on June 12 in response to high nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers, which are the area ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds says regulation is not the answer to address high nitrate levels in Iowa’s drinking water, and farmers are already adopting conservation practices voluntarily. Asked about protesters ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the legislation will reduce Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, leading to more than 11 million people losing health insurance ...