According to Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, the 2012 legislative session is about three priorities: “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Likewise, House …
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – This year’s legislative session was supposed to be focused on taxes, education and job creation, …
DES MOINES – Fuel price spikes have thrown up a major roadblock to passage of a state gas tax increase …
The Iowa Senate unanimously voted Thursday to increase penalties for people who disobey traffic laws governing how motorists and school …
Three House Republicans asked Attorney General Tom Miller today for a legal opinion on the Board of Regents’ authority to …
It wasn’t gun rights or procedural issues alone, but dove-hunting at the root of Democrats’ frustration that led to a …
DES MOINES – After Democrats ended a seven-hour walkout to delay action on a proposed constitutional amendment sponsors said would …
DES MOINES – A controversial third-grade retention proposal continues to draw a critical eye from lawmakers, who are expected to …
A University of Northern Iowa political scientist who keeps an eye on the Iowa Legislature questions the value of a …
Even though it comes just once every four years, Leap Day — Feb. 29 — is a day like any …
By Rick Smith and Rod Boshart A unanimous Iowa Senate approved a plan Tuesday to provide state funds to help …
DES MOINES – Agricultural interests on Tuesday said the Iowa Senate had given them a legal hook to help combat …
Be bold, Gov. Terry Branstad urged state legislators who, he said, “are watering down our aggressive education reform.” “It’s not …
State Auditor David Vaudt took legislators from both political parties to task Tuesday for using fiscal 2013 budget targets that …
DES MOINES – Despite hearing a blistering critique of how Iowa cities and counties use tax increment financing, members of …
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