Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad will tour the state this week to discuss and observe water quality practices undertaken …

PHILADELPHIA – Although much of the focus of national political party conventions is on the presidential races, they also present …

DES MOINES – West Branch native David Johnson has managed to shake things up at the Iowa Statehouse by launching …

DES MOINES – State tax collections for the just-ended 2016 fiscal year came in $42.4 million below estimates, but it …

DES MOINES – Iowans will have more freedom to carry firearms when they operate all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles and more …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Joni Ernst would like to say she was surprised by Democratic opposition to ‘common sense” firearms …

DES MOINES – Iowa Rep. Tom Sands, a Republican from Wapello and chairman of the Iowa House’s tax policy-writing committee, …

DES MOINES – A GOP state senator from northwest Iowa announced Tuesday he has suspended his Republican Party membership to …

DES MOINES – Up to 10 positions at the Independence Mental Health Institute will be eliminated with the state’s decision …

DES MOINES – A hiring freeze and sustained judicial vacancies will help cover a fiscal shortfall and avoid cutting popular …

DES MOINES — The path to control of the Iowa Senate in 2017 can be found in recently filed statehouse …

DES MOINES – The veto pen got a lighter workout this year. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad gave widespread approval Friday …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Citing the 34-year-old disappearance of Des Moines newspaper delivery boy Johnny Gosch and the 2005 kidnap, rape …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley is championing legislation to take the handling of sexual assault cases out of the …

DES MOINES – Emboldened by polls, critical media coverage and persistent advocacy, Democrats are growing ever more confident that Chuck …