Iowa

Children would need permission from a parent or guardian to possess an online social media account under a bill that received bipartisan support Tuesday from an Iowa House committee.

Iowa’s governor believes the state’s government is “too big” and is now following in the footsteps of the presidential administration by creating a statewide DOGE task force to reduce spending.

Cities would be prohibited from contracting with vendors to collect speeding fines from automated traffic cameras under a proposal that took its first legislative step Tuesday at the Iowa Capitol.

The university's new policy requires anyone who wants to send a mass email to file a request to be evaluated by the UI Office of Strategic Communication, which will then use written standards to determine its validity.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used her eighth Condition of the State address Tuesday to call for a statewide policy requiring school districts to restrict the use of cellphones in the classroom.

The company is seeking financial incentives from the city of Cedar Rapids to build a massive $750 million data campus near Google's planned $576 million data center in southwest Cedar Rapids.

How Iowa was able to navigate the red tape involved with real-time child-care search, vacancy and supply and demand dashboards to help parents quickly find available child care in the state.

The Iowa Department of Education invested $3 million to bring the EPS Reading Assistant to elementary schools statewide. The tool uses speech recognition technology to correct students as they read out loud.

The city of Waterloo’s finance committee approved purchasing 21 kiosks for $161,960 Monday. The kiosks will allow parkers to pay by license plate on the machine that resembles an ATM.

Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District in Iowa is not one of a growing number of districts nationwide banning mobile device or headphone use, but it does have a few rules regarding such devices.

As cyber attacks increase, more Iowa residents face having their personal information stolen as Iowa businesses risk having their computers shut down — or paying a ransom to stay up.

With a plan to transition to lower-emission vehicles and become carbon-free by 2050, Cedar Rapids officials are seeking federal funding to add five hybrid electric buses to their transportation fleet.

For the Mason City Police Department and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Office, the implementation of new and not-so-new tech has led to a more efficient workflow and enhanced public safety.

From creating discussion boards, to making syllabuses and annotated bibliographies, to simulating different personas with mental illnesses for psychology students, professors are exploring their own uses for AI.

The bill is also being paired with a crackdown on distracted driving in the state, a combination that recently drew concerns from the families of Iowans killed in distracted driving incidents.

Courts vary widely in their approaches to using electronic recordings of proceedings as well as on using digital reporters. Proponents of the profession say digital reporters can train up fast to ease strain from stenographic court reporter shortages.

As courts grapple with a growing need for more reporters, some are considering turning to automated speech-to-text tools and other less traditional alternatives.

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the grant funding, allocated under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to propel digital construction tools such as computer modeling and 3D design in 10 state DOTs.