Campaigns & Elections

The public and the press will be barred from the first debate of the 2010 Iowa gubernatorial race. The first …

IOWA CITY – It will be all Democrats in Johnson County’s June 8 primary election. County Attorney Janet Lyness, Recorder …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver praised the Democratically controlled Legislature on Wednesday for not starting the process to amend …

DES MOINES – Lawmakers passed a state budget Tuesday, ended the 2010 session and hit the campaign trail – Democrats …

Scorecard for the Iowa Legislature’s 2010 session   Texting while driving – Under a bill passed by lawmakers, adult drivers …

Here is a look at what the 2010 Legislature did and didn’t do DID Ban texting by most drivers Ban …

A roundup of legislative and Statehouse items of interest for Monday, March 29: AG TRADE MISSION: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture …

By James Q. Lynch  The Gazette DES MOINES – There was no doubt about the sentiments of many of those …

Internationally known actor and martial arts champion Chuck Norris will appear at events in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and …

DES MOINES – The pace of legislative action slowed to a crawl Saturday, forcing Democratic leaders to regroup and aim …

DES MOINES – Legislative partisans expect to finish the 2010 election-year session Saturday the same way they started it – …

DES MOINES – Majority Democratic leaders worked to finalize a $5.3 billion budget plan that boosted funding for education and …