Des Moines is now enforcing its public sleeping and camping bans after a series of City Council initiatives were met, the ...

Community members are continuing to pressure Des Moines leaders to reinstate the city's sustainability office, which was eliminated in mid-January.

The city of Des Moines and its legal team will negotiate with a developer, seeking to make his townhome project more ...

A Des Moines nonprofit is trying for a second time to win approval to build a tiny home village to provide permanent affordable housing for people who are homeless.

Four months after approving a controversial camping ban affecting homeless people, Des Moines City Council will consider building a designated village for them on the city's east side. The council ...

Citing state property tax cuts, Des Moines shut down the department that oversees its ambitious climate action plan and ...

A recently enacted state law has pushed central Iowa cities to reexamine how much they can afford to invest in groups ...

Sharon DeGraw announced that she would be suspending her campaign for Iowa City City Council. Her name will remain on the ...

The City of Des Moines is facing a $17 million shortfall in the fiscal year 2026 budget. According to Des Moines City Manager ...

Buxton was first elected to the Des Moines City Council in 2017, and as mayor in 2024. First elected to the SCA Board of Directors in 2022, Buxton served as vice president in 2024. SCA was founded ...

All three finalists have experience as elected officials. The County Council will chose one to fill the vacancy.

Instead of voting to approve or deny the plans to redevelop a blighted property on the western edge of Des Moines, City Council unanimously decided to ask the developer to reduce the number of ...