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Iowa's total tax revenue in 2024 reached $12.7 billion, of which $17.4 million was generated from sales taxes on alcoholic beverages. This amount decreased from $19.7 million collected in the prior year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC). The State...

Winter weather is bringing along some odd practices.

Iowa's own KC Bruner is making waves in country music, and her upcoming release may be her biggest yet! The 21-year-old singer/songwriter will release an emotional new song this week.

In Iowa, cafés are more than places to eat. They are gathering spots rooted in routine and trust. Homemade food still matters deeply across towns and highways here. Scratch cooking is not a trend in Iowa. It is simply the expected way things are done. Recipes come from memory,...

(Des Moines) Gasoline prices in Iowa continued to decline this week, falling 4 cents from last week to an average of $2.47 per gallon, according to AAA’s weekly fuel report released Wednesday. Prices are now 43 cents lower than this time a year ago. The national average for regular...

Sunny skies and sub-zero temperatures greeted about two dozen protesters in downtown Perry Saturday at their 51st consecutive weekly rally. News that federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed another U.S. citizen Saturday, little more than two weeks after Renee Good of Minneapolis was shot to death by an agent of...

[DES MOINES, Iowa] — An Iowa House subcommittee gathered public comments on a potential bill that could increase penalties for possessing kratom, a substance some believe to be dangerous. The proposed bill aims to reclassify kratom as a hallucinogenic Schedule One substance. If passed, possession could lead to...

Statewide Iowa (RI) — A bill that would make it legal for Iowa pharmacists to make over-the-counter sales of two prescription medications some people sought during the pandemic has cleared a House subcommittee, but a key lawmaker says changes must be made in the bill. Ivermectin is a prescription...

In the heart of Marshalltown, Iowa, a culinary contender has entered the ring and is delivering knockout punches to taste buds across the state. The Flying Elbow isn’t trying to be fancy – and thank goodness for that – because what they’re doing instead is crafting burgers and hot dogs so monumentally delicious that...

Stacker compiled the richest billionaires in Iowa using data from Forbes. Net worth is as of Jan. 22, 2025. The first billionaire is generally considered to be John D. Rockefeller in 1916, though some argue it was Henry Ford in 1925. Fast-forward over 100 years and there are now around 3,000 billionaires around the...