WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — From charming gift shops in Valley Junction to sprawling farms in Central Iowa, the ripple effects of President Donald Trump's trade policies are causing concern statewide.

Small business owners and farmers are already feeling the increased costs and decreased consumer purchasing power resulting from foreign tariffs imposed at the federal level.During a Tuesday press ...

Several Iowa businesses and health plans are suing to block a new state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, arguing it violates federal law and the Constitution, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported ...

Two local businesses and a national brand will close their Iowa City locations in the first month of 2026. CIELO, a downtown boutique at 125 S. Dubuque St., and Cortado, a popular café at 26 S.

Joe Murphy, president of the Iowa Business Council, and Nicole Crain, president of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, discuss Iowa's economy for an episode of Iowa PBS' "Iowa Press" at ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Small business owners in the Historic Valley Junction held a press conference on Tuesday morning to highlight how tariffs have hurt their businesses. “The biggest concern for ...

On this episode of River to River, IPR’s Josie Fishels shares how federal funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities has affected different Iowa organizations. Then Kevin Hardy of ...

Governor Kim Reynolds used part of her 2025 Condition of the State message to highlight her proposal to cut the unemployment tax rate. (Iowa PBS photo) Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law ...

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that will reduce the unemployment insurance taxes on businesses at US Erectors in Pleasant Hill on Thursday. (Maya Marchel Hoff/Gazette-Lee Des Moines ...

HAVE TO TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF ANYMORE. THAT’S LIKE THE GREATEST THING. WELL, IF YOU’RE STAYING IN CENTRAL IOWA THIS WEEKEND, LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES HOPE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO STOP BY AND SHOP ON SMALL ...