Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

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 …

DES MOINES – A House panel moved legislation that would make it easier for landowners to fight a proposed cross-state …

A medical marijuana bill died the same day it was introduced in the Iowa Legislature. Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, …

DES MOINES — Two families joined Democratic lawmakers to push for legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medicinal marijuana …

None of them called for repeal, but some of the Democrats running in Iowa’s 1st District called for “major modifications” …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad said he is “pleased” lawmakers are no longer insisting on reopening the Iowa Juvenile …

Gov. Terry Branstad said he is “pleased” lawmakers are no longer insisting on reopening the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo. …

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican seen as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will be the featured speaker at …

DES MOINES – A pair of bills drafted in the memory of slain Dayton teenager Kathlynn Shepard sailed through a …