Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

DES MOINES – The chair of a House panel looking considering legislation to establish guidelines for shackling pregnant inmates has …

Most legislative action is being cancelled Thursday at the Iowa Capitol because of a snowstorm expected to sweep through the …

UDPATE: The Iowa House pushed through Gov. Terry Branstad’s education reform package on a party-line vote Wednesday, moving the debate …

Policies and procedures of the state Board of Regents were put under the legislative microscope at an Iowa Senate hearing …

A presentation by the Auditor’s Office about embezzlement during the Culver administration was nothing more than a “political show” by …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers are debating whether to allow law officers to issue distracted driving citations to cell-phone users. …

Members of a House subcommittee have cleared a measure that would give Iowa cities authority to regulate what happens inside …

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack was back at the Iowa Capitol Tuesday to warn lawmakers about the impact the pending sequestration …

Iowa Senators grudgingly agreed Tuesday to provide $11.6 million in transition funds for counties struggling to meet mental health cost …

The Iowa version of “The Walking Dead” is playing out at the Statehouse, where resurrected legislative ideas are moving around …

Gov. Terry Branstad says 9,000 people have signed an online petition aimed at keeping wrestling in the Olympics. Branstad launched …

A budget proposal Gov. Terry Branstad made last month to attract more physicians to Iowa’s less populated areas by forgiving …

As he heads off to the “happy hunting grounds” of California to stalk economic development prospects, Gov. Terry Branstad says …

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will join for a Statehouse rally in opposition to abortion rights. Nine …

Gutted. That’s what Democrats said happened to Gov. Terry Branstad’s education reform initiative last week when House Republicans took the …