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For the second time, a federal judge stopped the state from enforcing its book ban, stating that it's unconstitutional. But the ban has not been permanently struck down.

Family and friends want the public to know more about a cold case in Sioux City involving a Native American woman who was killed in 1992.

The Des Moines Police Department appealed after a district court ordered them to disclose individual reports to the public.

A federal court will rule for a second time on whether Iowa law can ban all books with sexual content from school libraries and prohibit teaching LGBTQ material in kindergarten through sixth grade.

A free speech legal nonprofit is defending Ann Selzer and her polling company, Selzer & Company, pro-bono in a case brought by President-elect Donald Trump. The suit claims that results from the Iowa Poll in the days leading up to the election were a form of "brazen election interference."

Long-time Des Moines resident Dr. Ahmad Yasser Al-Shash recalled the warning signs of authoritarianism as Hafez al-Assad rose to power shortly before Al-Shash immigrated to the U.S.

The state of Iowa argued before a federal appeals court Thursday that the state should be allowed to enforce its immigration law making illegal reentry a state crime.

Iowa’s law banning books with descriptions or images of sex acts from K-12 school libraries can take effect after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction blocking its enforcement Friday.

A federal judge ruled Monday Iowa’s immigration law making “illegal reentry” a state crime cannot be enforced because it is unconstitutional and conflicts with U.S. immigration laws.

A federal ruling is blocking enforcement of a law that forces schools to remove books with sexual content from libraries. An appeals court will decide if that injunction stays in place.