By ROBIN OPSAHL Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called for Iowans to donate blood amid a national shortage this summer — and said she would “lead by example” with a donation Wednesday at LifeServe Blood Center. In late July, the American Red Cross declared a “national ...
By SAM GAUNTT Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The deployment of National Guard troops hailing from all across the country to Washington, D.C. is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion in additional funds through 2029. The estimate from Jules Hurst III, ...
By CLARK KAUFFMAN Iowa Capital Dispatch A physician who worked 18 months at Iowa City’s Veterans Administration Medical Center has been denied a license to practice medicine in Iowa. Under federal regulations, doctors who aren’t licensed in a particular state can still work as physicians at federally operated care facilities, such as those run by the VA, within those same states. State and federal records indicate Dr. Odinaka Nwankwo, who worked in women’s health at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City from January 2021 through December 2022, graduated from medical school in ...
President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking and/or deluding themselves into believing a demon can be transformed into an angel. The Trump administration has announced a “deal” has been reached ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch Newly adopted rules from the Iowa Utilities Commission aim to “mitigate potential impacts” of proposed large-scale transmission projects. IUC asked the grid operators for the region to consider the rules, which it said address safety and technical ...
By JACOB FISCHLER Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The stopgap spending bill supported by an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators does not address tens of billions in expiring transportation funding, leaving states facing a massive effective budget cut starting Oct. 1. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which authorized highway and transit programs for five years, expires Sept. 30. Roughly $38.6 billion per year in extra federal transportation funding is set to expire with it, even if the continuing resolution the Senate advanced 89-4 Monday becomes ...
