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Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R-57) talks about the 2026 legislative session including property tax reform, criminal justice reform, water quality, education funding, health care and much more.

Kelly Lao, vice president of museum experiences for Davenport’s Putnam Museum and Science Center, will become new director of the Muscatine Art Center on Aug. 3, 2026.

Community Home Partners and developer AHDVS LLC plan to build a four-story apartment complex with a community center for seniors 62 and older in Rock Island. The Illinois Housing Development Authority announced over $15 million in state and federal tax credits for the housing project. Construction of Valley Homes is expected to begin in the spring of 2027.

A 73-year-old Eureka man died following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 24 in rural Woodford County, according to coroner Tim Ruestman.

Advanced Medical Transport will have its first new leader in 35 years by the end of this year. Andrew Rand is retiring as the Peoria-based nonprofit emergency medical service’s CEO, with current Chief Operating Officer Todd Baker set to take over Rand’s role.

JB Pritzker said he hasn’t seen video of a Jan. 4 ISP shooting that left an unarmed woman dead after a traffic stop in a vehicle that was reported stolen. The St. Clair County state’s attorney declined to charge the officer who fired three shots at Rachel Tarrence, a mother of three, striking her twice.

The Illinois governor is showing up in presidential polls, and he’s building coalitions with state parties while also strengthening his national name recognition. He’s also explored fundraising that doesn’t include self-funding — if a presidential run is truly in the cards.

A new outdoor climbing area in Jackson County is the first of its scale to open in the state in more than a decade. Volunteers passionate about opening more access to climbing in Iowa developed the site earlier this summer.

Google has been eyeing a site for a potential data center that's currently in unincorporated Linn County but could be annexed into Palo city limits. This week, Palo put a data center ordinance in place, while Linn County opened up talks to circumvent its newly instated moratorium.

Myrna Johnson steered IPR through the pandemic, the transition to an independent nonprofit and through the loss of federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

A small city on the Mississippi River will take more time to write zoning rules that could affect plans for one of the largest data centers in the state.

Corn and soybean growers have seen several years of low commodity prices and increased costs for supplies like fertilizer and fuel. That has many farmers worried about whether they'll turn a profit this year and drawn some comparisons to a dark time in American agriculture.

Attorneys say cases that claim the popular weedkiller causes cancer will have to change course to move forward in court after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the agriculture company last month.

Pesticide pollution is a problem especially in the middle of the country. And sometimes there's enough of it to possibly hurt aquatic plants and animals.

For 150 years, silos have been a fixture of the Corn Belt, but efforts to preserve them have been haphazard.