Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

A former Republican legislator from Marion has been appointed to the Iowa Utilities Board by Gov. Terry Branstad. Nick Wagner, …

Sequestration, Fuel taxes and Republican Senate candidates circle the ring. This week’s show features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, …

Growth in state tax collections remained strong last month, with receipts rising by 8.7 percent over February 2012, according to …

DES MOINES – Minors below the age of 18 would be banned from using tanning devices offered by Iowa businesses …

The Iowa House Ways & Means Committee approved giving Iowans the option of paying a flat 4.5 percent rate on …

Take a whiff of the Iowa Capitol cafeteria, and it’s clear plenty of people are ignoring the salad bar and …

Local authorities who want to operate traffic cameras would have to get approval from the state department of transportation under …

Democrats on an Iowa Senate committee Thursday moved ahead with plans for a $250 million commercial property tax cut over …

DES MOINES – Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will take a look at making a bid for the U.S. Senate …

Lawmakers in the state House are set to consider a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at …

Iowa has earned a “B plus” in four-year graduation rates. According to new numbers from the Iowa Department of Education, …

DES MOINES – With Iowa U.S. Rep. Tom Latham’s decision not to run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, all …

Legislative Republicans and Democrats in the split-control Iowa Legislature open their fiscal 2014 budget negotiations about $484 million apart on …

DES MOINES – When Darin Snedden arrived at Post 11 in 1990 there were 43 Iowa State Patrol troopers covering …

Gov. Terry Branstad called Tuesday for toning down the political rhetoric in an effort to enhance the chances that he …