Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Iowa lawmakers decided to install metal detectors at the Iowa State Capitol as part of stepped-up security measures. By most accounts, the metal detectors ...

The Iowa Legislature voted earlier this year to demolish the Wallace Building located northwest of the State Capitol in Des Moines. (Photo by Perry Beeman/ Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Writers ...

Tour guide Jane Wood gives tours at the Iowa State Capitol twice a day: one at 9:15 a.m. and the other in the afternoon. Over the past 24 years she's met people from all around the world-- and that's ...

Joshua Brown, a middle school teacher from Des Moines, was elected president of the Iowa State Education Association in April, 2024. (ISEA photo) A rally at the Iowa Capitol later this morning is one ...

WILL BE OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21ST. AND AT 431, LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE DES MOINES BOTANICAL GARDEN DOWNTOWN FROM OUR SKYCAM, ONE OF SEVERAL DES MOINES LANDMARKS, INCLUDING POLK COUNTY ...

Trump filed the lawsuits over a 2024 presidential election poll that showed him trailing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris ...

The Iowa Capitol – Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith The state of Iowa will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of LGBTQ teens ...

An estimated 12,000 people were all in one place on Saturday, chanting one phrase, but for each protester, those two words — "No Kings" — carried different meanings.

A story below ground level, just down the hill from the Iowa Capitol, Iowa's state historical building is packed with treasures. A few aisles away from century-old washing machines and furniture, you ...