Katarina Sostaric
State Government ReporterKatarina Sostaric is the State Government Reporter for Iowa Public Radio.
She previously covered Eastern Iowa for IPR from Iowa City. Before coming to Iowa, Katarina was a reporter and host at a public radio station in Southeast Alaska, where her work also aired on Alaska’s statewide public radio network.
Katarina worked as a Morning Edition news anchor and general assignment reporter at KBIA in Columbia while she was a student at the Missouri School of Journalism.
You can contact Katarina at [email protected].
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Gov. Kim Reynolds announced four new programs on Thursday aimed at helping Iowans whose homes and farms were damaged by flooding and tornadoes.
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Iowa's Glenwood Resource Center, which was once home to hundreds of people with disabilities, grabbed national headlines about four years ago when federal investigators found senior staff were conducting harmful human subject experiments and providing poor medical care. It will close on June 30.
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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.
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A federal judge in Des Moines said he plans to decide before July 1 whether Iowa’s immigration law making “illegal reentry” a state crime can be enforced.
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In Iowa's 3rd District, Lanon Baccom came out on top in the Democratic primary. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks beat back her primary challenger in Iowa's 1st District race.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that eliminates or changes more than 80 state boards and commissions as part of her effort to reorganize state government, despite concerns raised about changes to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.
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Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver said Friday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and he will continue to serve in his leadership role as he goes through treatment.
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Lab-grown and plant-based meat alternatives would have to be labeled as fake or imitation products. The law also prohibits school districts, community colleges and public universities in Iowa from purchasing lab-grown meat and any foods misbranded as meat or egg products.
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The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two lawsuits Thursday to block enforcement of a new Iowa law that would let state officials arrest and deport immigrants who are in Iowa after previously being deported or denied entry to the country.
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Immigrants and advocates held rallies and marches in four Iowa cities Wednesday evening to protest a law set to take effect July 1 that will allow state and local officials to arrest and deport immigrants who illegally re-entered the country.