James Q. Lynch

Like President Joe Biden, the Iowa Republican has doubts about the legal foundation for the CDC’s new moratorium on evictions.

Bipartisan infrastructure package, reconciliation and House earmarks moving on three independent tracks.

Retired admiral joins U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer, Manning farmer and rancher Dave Muhlbauer and Minden physician Glenn Hurst in race for Democratic nomination.

Increasing federal spending will continue to contribute to “inflation tax on our middle and working class families,” congresswoman warns.

Potential gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear is touring Iowa “to talk about the good, the bad, and ugly about Iowa.”

Republican Party of Iowa calls efforts by state Sen. Liz Mathis to convince her colleagues to support the tax break for a client that paid her husband’s firm nearly $150,000 “self-serving” and “shady, to say the least.”

Mathis, who has served in the Iowa Senate for 10 years, has been endorsed by 14 Democratic colleagues and 34 state representatives, as well as Linn County elected officials.

State Auditor Rob Sand released a report Thursday showing overpayments to Timon Oujiri, who was dismissed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May after four years leading the state's nursing home for Iowa veterans and their spouses.

Markets not working fairly when demand is strong and packers are making record profits, but cattle farmers still are losing money, Sen. Chuck Grassley told Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Senate has competed its investigation of the attack on the Capitol, “So whatever the House wants to do they’re doing, and I don’t have any problems with what they’re doing,” but Grassley says GOP picks should not have been rejected by Pelosi.

Iowa Republican gives July 2021 Squeal Award to federal Department of Transportation for spending on a “bottomless pit for taxpayer money.”

Ready to do “bigger things, Mathis says her priority will be reducing health care costs, especially prescription drug costs, expanding access across rural areas and increasing mental health services.

Gov. Reynolds’ inaction, which makes it impossible for the board to meet because of a lack of a quorum, is unacceptable to Iowa Democratic legislative leaders.

However, the 18.2 percent annual growth rate in state income tax revenue is “unusually high” when compared to individual income net tax growth that averaged 4.2 percent over the past two years.

But disagreement over how it’s defined and how it’s paid for it are likely to continue to push back the arrival of infrastructure week, according to members of Iowa congressional delegation.