James Q. Lynch

DES MOINES – A lawmaker leading the Iowa House inquiry into secret settlements with state employees praised Gov. Terry Branstad …

A bill to reform the use of tax increment financing (TIF) was approved 15-10 by the House Ways and Means …

Conservative political financiers Charles and David Koch have purchased more than a quarter million dollars of advertising in the Cedar …

On a party line vote, Iowa House Democrats unsuccessfully tried to write Republican Gov. Terry Branstad’s executive order banning confidentiality …

Mike Huckabee, winner of the 2008 Iowa precinct caucuses and leader in a new poll of potential 2016 Republican presidential …

Seven years after leaving the governor’s office, Gov. Tom Vilsack can’t recall approving any settlements with Iowa state employees involving …

As the race for the Iowa 1st District Democratic nomination enters the final two months, Monica Vernon will be the …

Democratic legislative leaders say there’s agreement on a fiscal 2015 budget that will amount to nearly one-seventh of the proposed …

As his Senate counterparts prepared to hear from former state employees who were offered “hush money” to sign secret settlements …

The Iowa House Tuesday approved a $544 million justice systems budget that includes $5 million for 33 more Iowa State …

With little more than two months until Iowa U.S. House 1st District voters choose Democratic and Republican nominees, candidates are …

Every endorsement is a “big one” to a political candidate, but getting the backing of Citizens United Political Victory Fund …

Swati Dandekar, one of three women in a five-way race for the Democratic nomination in Iowa’s U.S. House 1st District, …

State Rep. Pat Murphy of Dubuque has received the endorsement of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which bills itself as …

U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Jacobs will go up on Eastern Iowa cable television Friday with an ad highlighting Democratic Rep. …