James Q. Lynch

DES MOINES – A bill intended to give local school boards more decision-making authority ran into several challenges Monday, including …

DES MOINES – Members of a union representing about 600 officers, including Iowa State Patrol troopers, say they didn’t reject …

CEDAR RAPIDS – United States Rep. Rod Blum welcomed 29 new American citizens in Cedar Rapids on Friday and thanked …

DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans are proposing to increase state aid to K-12 public schools by $40 million next school …

DES MOINES – Hundreds of state public employee union members are being asked to forego a 1.25 percent pay increase …

DES MOINES – Legislation allowing Iowans to exercise a ‘personal conviction” exemption from state law requiring their children to be …

DES MOINES – As Iowa lawmakers begin debate on making midyear spending adjustments to offset lower than projected revenue collections, …

DES MOINES – Expanding school choice for parents who want options to public schools has gained momentum, the chairman of …

DES MOINES – In a couple of years, Cedar Rapids police officer Al Fear says, opioid abuse will be like …

DES MOINES – Sen. Chuck Grassley expects it will be April before a ninth Supreme Court justice is sworn in …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Transportation is taking Gov. Terry Branstad’s ‘smaller, smarter government” mantra to heart, according …

DES MOINES – A state lawmaker still paying off his college loans is proposing to undo tuition increases already approved …

DES MOINES – Legislation to defund Planned Parenthood is being pushed by lawmakers who ‘never had a Pap smear or …

DES MOINES — One of the few areas of widespread agreement in these early days of the Iowa legislative session …

DES MOINES – With Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Election Integrity Act still in draft stage, Democrats on the House …