Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

The Iowa Senate took steps Wednesday intended to improve the availability and stability of childcare for lower income working families. …

Linn County is seeking $5 million from the state to help fund the expansion of its Public Health Department to …

Republicans Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today submitted 10,745 petition signatures from all 99 Iowa counties, assuring …

Gov. Terry Branstad and U.S. Rep Bruce Braley continue to lead their respective races for governor and U.S. Senate, according …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad asked President Barack Obama to leave National Guard cuts out of the Pentagon’s planned …

DES MOINES — The state Department of Corrections would have to publicly establish rules for restraining pregnant inmates and detainees …

DES MOINES – Victims of child sexual abuse would have more time as an adult to bring criminal or civil …

As is his practice, Gov. Terry Branstad is reserving judgment on legislation to legalize the sale, possession and use of …

For more than two weeks while Russia hosted the Winter Olympics, President Vladimir Putin did his best to show the …

DES MOINES – The state’s two public online-only schools get more students from the Cedar Rapids Community School District than …

Rep. Art Staed, D-Cedar Rapids, will run for re-election to in Iowa House 66 in northeast Cedar Rapids. Staed, a …

DES MOINES — A legislative vortex swept away hundreds of proposed bills Thursday as the split-control Legislature cut its 2014 …

Legislation to crack down on texting while driving almost received unanimous support, despite one Senator saying the legislation isn’t broad …

DES MOINES – There’s the funnel deadline for getting legislative proposals out of committee and then there’s the weather forecaster’s …

DES MOINES – State lawmakers Wednesday were asked to referee a “divorce” between Iowa’s greyhound industry and racetrack casinos in …