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Start your day with the essentials. Coffee. Breakfast. And the local news you need to know. Host Meghan McKinney rises bright and early to bring you the top news stories from around Iowa in under 10 minutes. Wake up, grab that coffee and get your news Here First. You can support what you hear on thi...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
A new poll shows most Iowa voters support raising the tobacco tax. The Iowa House has passed a bill that would create stricter employment verification...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
A proposed tax increase on HMO health insurance plans is moving ahead at the Iowa Statehouse. A proposal to keep school districts from rejecting partn...
Monday, March 16th, 2026
A blizzard across Iowa Sunday into Monday didn’t drop a lot of snow – but it did close major interstate highways because of low visibility. New report...
Friday, March 13th, 2026
Revenue estimates show the state likely won't bring in enough money to cover the next state budget. A billionaire with Iowa ties is testifying in the...
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that will likely affect cities that have local gender identity anti-discrimination protections. More candidat...
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
A northwest Iowa school district is trying to address racist bullying. The Iowa House has passed a bill that bans mothers without legal status from a...
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Candidates for governor have started filing to get on the June 2nd primary ballot. A bill would allow health care providers to withdraw from doing a m...
Monday, March 9th, 2026
The remains of soldiers from an Army Reserve based in Des Moines were returned to the U.S. over the weekend. New research shows algae could be a natur...
Friday, March 6th, 2026
All of Iowa's representatives in Congress voted against a measure to rein in Trump's Iran war powers. The state education licensing board has a budget...
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
A second Iowan solider has been identified as among the first Americans killed in Kuwait on Sunday. Google is changing locations of a proposed data ce...
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
An Iowa solider was among the first casualties in the U.S. war with Iran. A bill would ban some H-1B visa holders from working at Iowa colleges. And t...
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
A Republican has officially filed paperwork to be put on the primary ballot for governor. A bill would add regulations to prior authorization. And an...
Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Iowa's Republican representatives in Congress share their point of view of what's happening in Iran. There are a few bills that could impact immigrant...
Friday, February 27th, 2026
Governor Kim Reynolds is defending her use of a state-owned plane for official travel. Driver's license tests would only be offered in English under a...
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
The University of Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom has low enrollment. The Iowa Senate has passed bills focused on immigration status checks. An...
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Coralville will remove its automated license plate readers. Private colleges that are part of a state scholarship program would be banned from having...
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
University of Iowa alumni are expressing concern about the potential loss of several programs. Another Iowa Senator is being treated for cancer. And s...
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra (R) says he would sign a controversial pesticide label law as Iowa governor. The search firm Des Moines public scho...
Friday, February 20th, 2026
FEMA announced funding for some western Iowa communities affected by natural disasters. Over one hundred people rallied at the state capitol yesterday...
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Linn County supervisors say their new ordinance should be a model for data center regulation in Iowa. Disabled Iowans say other states are better for...
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
The Iowa City school district is trying to fill a financial gap after the superintendent says the district went beyond its limits. A bill would requir...
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
A hearing was cancelled for a bill that would have further restricted abortion in Iowa. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would regulate Aut...
Monday, February 16th, 2026
A Democrat has dropped out of the race for Iowa's open U.S. Senate seat. A bill would change foster care training requirements. And state lawmakers ar...
Friday, February 13th, 2026
Ranchers pushed back on an executive order from President Trump that increased Argentina beef imports. A bill in the state legislature would eliminate...
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Ames has passed anti-discrimination protections for gender identity. A bill in state legislature would create a domestic abuse offender registry. And...
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Congress must figure out DHS funding by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown. Coralville is considering revisiting what it uses automated lic...
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Abortion pills would have to be dispensed in person under a bill in the Iowa Senate. Local government's civil rights codes would have to match the sta...
Monday, February 9th, 2026
A Republican has dropped out of the 4th Congressional District primary race. Iowa is in a snow drought. And it's Legislative Monday with IPR's Katarin...
Friday, February 6th, 2026
A controversial bill would repeal police training requirements for de-escalation and bias prevention. Researchers are finding some counties in Iowa ha...
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a bill that regulates local government civil rights rules. Linn County supervisors are drafting data center development...
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Weekly organizing for immigrants' rights is continuing in Cedar Rapids. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he will probably vote for new controversial v...
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Hundreds of people attended a legal observer training in Cedar Rapids. A Democrat has announced his run for state treasurer. And a conversation with t...
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
Iowa Democrats will get a chance to make their case for one of the early slots in the 2028 presidential nominating process. Iowa farmers are hopeful a...
Friday, January 30th, 2026
There are bills proposed in response to the arrest of former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts. Political party leaders are getting ready for the...
Thursday, January 29th, 2026
House Republican state lawmakers are proposing bills they say would be tough on crime. John Deere is hiring back some workers it laid off last year. A...
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
President Trump spoke in Iowa in an effort to rally Republican votes for the 2026 midterms. Senate Democrats in Congress say they won't vote to fund t...
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Black lawmakers are expanding their caucus to include other racial minorities. A state lawmaker is being treated for uterine cancer. And a few congres...
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Iowans protest ICE's presence in the Twin Cities. President Trump is set to speak in Iowa tomorrow. And the latest from the Iowa Capitol.
Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Former superintendent of Des Moines schools Ian Roberts has agreed to a plea deal rather than go to trial. House Democratic lawmakers have proposed a...
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
House Republicans have released their property tax plan. Linn County is working on an ordinance to regulate data center development. And there's a bil...