Scott Stuntz

An Illinois congressman say more hearings will come over the IRS’s target of conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status.

The house agriculture committee and the Senate have both passed versions of a new five year farm bill. Congress passed a 9 month extension to the current farm bill last year, but the he lack of long term farm bill is affecting conservation programs.

The deadline for the USDA’s Ag census is at the end of the month. It's conducted every 5 years and collects information on land prices and ownership as well as agricultural practices.

The cost to rent farmland in southeast Iowa has increased substantially in the last five years.  The increases have been even higher statewide.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn applied to have 11 counties declared federal disaster areas because of recent flooding.

KHQA reported the Macomb Junior and Senior High School went into lockdown at during the 9 o'clock hour this morning.

A state lawmaker from Western Illinois says the Senate version of pension reform can make it through both chambers of the general assembly.

Iowa received almost twice its average amount of rainfall in April.  The precipitation replenished soil moisture but delayed this spring’s planting.

A bill that passed the Illinois House was meant to increase privacy protections for workers’ personal passwords, but it might still let employers access the information.