DES MOINES – State Department of Human Services officials Friday said three students remain at large after running from the …
Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature
State Government Apr. 11, 2014 10:24 am4218d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad signed legislation Thursday that will reinstate the state sales tax assessed on heavy machinery …
State Government Apr. 10, 2014 9:02 pm4219d ago
Public agencies in Iowa flag employees they don’t want to rehire — a practice that is legal, but some say …
By Mike Wiser, Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Apr. 10, 2014 4:19 pm4219d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad asked for understanding while one of his top legislative priorities of the 2014 session …
State Government Apr. 10, 2014 1:19 pm4219d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Rep. Clel Baudler has gone from being on the Marijuana Policy Project’s list of worst legislators …
By Mike Wiser, Lee Des Moines Bureau
Campaigns & Elections Apr. 11, 2014 11:03 am4218d ago
DES MOINES – A fuel tax increase that failed in the Iowa Senate has surfaced as an amendment in the …
Public Officials Apr. 9, 2014 5:00 pm4220d ago
DES MOINES – Democratic senators Wednesday applauded Gov. Terry Branstad’s termination of an agency director tied to secret employee settlements …
State Government Apr. 9, 2014 3:29 pm4220d ago
DES MOINES – A lawmaker leading the Iowa House inquiry into secret settlements with state employees praised Gov. Terry Branstad …
State Government Apr. 8, 2014 11:14 pm4221d ago
DES MOINES – Republican senators say they made a good-faith effort to push a bipartisan solution to the state’s transportation …
State Government Apr. 8, 2014 11:14 pm4221d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad fired Mike Carroll as director of the state Department of Administrative Services on Tuesday …
State Government Apr. 8, 2014 11:14 pm4221d ago
A bill to reform the use of tax increment financing (TIF) was approved 15-10 by the House Ways and Means …
Mike Wiser
State Government Apr. 8, 2014 11:13 pm4221d ago
The Iowa House approved a human trafficking bill Tuesday, agreeing to changes made by the Iowa Senate. The legislation creates …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 8, 2014 11:12 pm4221d ago
The Iowa Senate on Tuesday accepted a scaled-down effort to raise awareness among schools officials of the potential harmful health …
K-12 Education Apr. 8, 2014 11:12 pm4221d ago
The Iowa Senate voted Monday to approve a $986 million education budget for fiscal 2015 that would cover a tuition …
State Government Apr. 8, 2014 11:12 pm4221d ago
On a party line vote, Iowa House Democrats unsuccessfully tried to write Republican Gov. Terry Branstad’s executive order banning confidentiality …


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