Public News Service

The period for public comment on Iowa's impaired waterways report closes this week.

AARP Nebraska is hosting a series of events across the state to stem the growing fraud rate.

A key health committee in the Iowa Legislature has defeated a measure that would have increased the state’s tobacco and e-cigarette taxes.

The Iowa Legislature faces a deadline this week on a series of bills that seek to clean up the state's rivers and streams.

Bills which would allow Waymo driverless taxis to operate in Missouri have cleared their first hurdle in the state House. After clearing a House committee in January, the pair of bills now heads to the full Missouri House for debate.

A bill now in the Iowa Legislature would allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degree programs. Private colleges are opposed to the measure, saying such a move amounts to taxpayer-funded competition.

Iowans have elected the first Black woman to the state Senate. Republicans were hoping to regain a supermajority in the Senate after the death of a veteran lawmaker.

Missouri’s drinking water has an unlikely guardian: a tiny endangered fish found only in Perryville’s cave system. The nearly matchstick-sized grotto sculpin depends on fragile underground streams and The Conservation Fund stepped in to protect its habitat by buying land at risk from St. Louis’ expansion.

As the cost of Thanksgiving rises for Missouri families, one Branson nonprofit is ensuring no one goes without a holiday meal or the company to share it.Missouri's food insecurity rate is around 13%, leaving many households struggling to afford a traditional meal. In Branson, the need is especially great among the many residents living in extended-stay motels with no way to even cook.