Campaigns & Elections

DES MOINES – Majority Democrats in the Iowa Legislature began fashioning a fiscal 2011 budget Thursday that they conceded will likely …

A roundup of legislative and Statehouse items of interest for Tuesday, Feb. 23: STREAMLINED SALES TAX:: Iowa captured about $12 …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver predicted Tuesday that Iowa’s job-creation efforts won’t “skip a beat” despite three more top-echelon …

First-term Democratic Gov. Chet Culver is trailing badly in a match-up with one of his Republican predecessors and also running …

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican who won Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses in 2008, is scheduled to return to …

DES MOINES – Sioux City lawmaker Christopher Rants today announced that he is ending his quest to become governor of …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Sen. Wally Horn, the dean of the Iowa Legislature, will run for re-election this fall. Horn, who …

By James Q. Lynch  The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – Steve Rathje believes the 2010 election will be decided by working …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver on Monday urged Congress to act quickly to extend federal unemployment benefits so 76,000 …

JOHNSTON – Outspoken advocates on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue sparred Friday over who would prevail if Iowa …

Dexter attorney Brenna Findley has announced she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. “Iowa …

By James Q. Lynch  The Gazette HIAWATHA – House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen of Hiawatha is seeking a fifth term, …