A demolition permit for Highland Apartments was approved by the DSM City Council tonight. axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Des Moines

EPA on Tuesday will hold a public meeting in DSM about a site adjacent to Water Works where chemicals are migrating to underground collection systems. axios.com/local/des-moin… Des Moines Water Works💧 Iowa DNR

Bullets crack iconic Krause Gateway windows axios.com/local/des-moin… Kum & Go Krause Group Des Moines Police

Nearly half of Des Moines #renters are cost burdened. Spending so much money on #housing can have a ripple effect, leaving less left over for necessities like food, clothing and health care. Jason Clayworth Axios axios.com/local/des-moin…

Des Moines' rent burdens reach worst point in a decade axios.com/local/des-moin…

Iowa's tax breaks lead to a city, county cash crunch axios.com/local/des-moin… ISAC Polk County Iowa City of Des Moines

Currently $35 million over budget, DSM is trying to reduce levee improvement costs. axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Des Moines

Iowa reverses course on federal food aid worth an estimated $29M. axios.com/local/des-moin… Iowa Department of Health and Human Services DMARC

Science will bust Des Moines' foul smells axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Des Moines

Pennsylvania Avenue, East Sixth and East Seventh streets would be redesigned between East University and East Court avenues under a DSM traffic study that’s the focus of a public meeting tonight. •It starts at 5 pm at Carver Elementary, 705 E. University Ave. City of Des Moines

The Fleur Cinema & Cafe will reopen before October 1 in a partnership with Fridley Theaters, according to a statement this morning from Russell Vannorsdel, Fridley’s president. The Fleur has been mostly closed since the pandemic. axios.com/local/des-moin… Fridley Theatres

Scoop: Des Moines considers tying council pay with attendance axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Des Moines Connie Boesen Josh Mandelbaum Joe Gatto for Supervisor Carl Voss @Lindawestergaar

Police expand controversial license plate surveillance across Des Moines metro axios.com/local/des-moin… Des Moines Police City of Des Moines City of Johnston, IA (Official) City of Waukee Urbandale, Iowa City of Ankeny ACLU of Iowa ACLU

Mural mystery in Des Moines axios.com/local/des-moin…

A new, first-of-its-kind wetland in Ankeny axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Ankeny Polk County Iowa Rich Eychaner

Meeting staring rt now: Iowa's Wallace Building faces demolition axios.com/local/des-moin…

Hundreds of state employees will relocate from the Capitol complex to a building on DSM’s southwest side under an $18M deal just approved by the Executive Council of Iowa. @iowagov1 axios.com/local/des-moin…

As Iowa AG Brenna Bird halts paying for sexual assault contraception services, Polk County Iowa supervisors unanimously agree to step in: axios.com/local/des-moin… Polk County Health Polk County Health Services

Steve McFadden’s lawyer tells Axios the metro’s municipal hearing processes are "bulls---" axios.com/local/des-moin… City of Des Moines Urbandale, Iowa City of WDM @IowaABD

Comedian Kathy Griffin tells Axios she never should have apologized for the notorious photo that got former President Trump's base boiling mad and derailed her career nearly seven years ago. trib.al/cr5ThvA