Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

CEDAR FALLS – State Sen. Steve Sodders makes the second Democrat testing the waters to replace Rep. Bruce Braley in …

Iowa’s plan for a state-federal partnership health insurance exchange has received conditional approval from the U.S. Department of Health and …

Both parties declared victory Thursday as they approached the Iowa Legislature’s first self-imposed deadline for moving bills through the legislative …

A new report says Iowa’s three public universities are still missing target rates for graduation in four years. The Des …

School districts would receive an extra $400 per student under an education reform proposal that received a Senate committee’s approval …

DES MOINES – Members of Iowa’s largest state employees’ union will not get a uniform wage increase for the next …

Program reductions in Iowa caused by the federal budget sequestration likely will total about $46.5 million and hit education reading …

UPDATE: An arbitrator has ruled in favor of a state employees’ union that objected to Gov. Terry Branstad’s insistence they …

If a pending arbitration award for state workers includes Gov. Terry Branstad’s proposal that workers pay part of their health …

Gun permit records would be kept private under a bill that has cleared a state House committee. The House Judiciary …

Time slipped away Wednesday for a host of legislative ideas slated to meet their demise when the 2013 session’s first …

A Republican lawmaker is proposing a ban on abortion in Iowa, though he acknowledges his effort likely won’t succeed this …

University of Northern Iowa officials are expected to make a major announcement about the future of the school’s well-known teacher …

Reconstruction of the dam at Lake Delhi got a boost from an Iowa House committee Tuesday, but not without opposition. …

A new anti-bullying proposal that explicitly extends school authority beyond the classroom sailed out of a House committee Tuesday. The …