Grant Gerlock

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill into law Tuesday. Once fully implemented, 42,000 private school students could receive state funding at a cost of $345 million per year.

Iowa's largest school district is offering a big incentive to address teacher shortages. Experienced teachers who put off retirement for one more year can make an extra $50,000 or more.

So far, the U.S. trade war with China hasn't affected consumers much. But without a deal soon, tariffs on thousands of products will more than double.

The U.S. trade war with China has created a financial burden for farmers and companies that import Chinese goods. Consumers, on the other hand, have...

The partial government shutdown is playing out differently for the nation’s top food safety regulators. At the Food and Drug Administration, fewer than...

On top of a second round of payments to farmers as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s trade relief program, the agency is trying to ease the...

Updated at 3 p.m. Dec. 20 with Trump signing legislation — The long-awaited final version of the farm bill was unveiled Monday night, and it hews...

While much of the farm bill draft mirrors current law, there is a major change coming for farmers: Industrial hemp will be legalized. Forestry and food stamps became sticking points.

For the first time in more than 20 the state of Nebraska, executed an inmate on death row. This came after years of debate over switching to lethal injection, after repealing capital punishment and voting it back into place.

The EPA administrator met with farmers in midwestern states this week to address frustrations over the renewable fuel standard.