James Q. Lynch

Leaders of Iowa’s three regents’ universities told lawmakers their continued affordability depends largely on continued state support, specifically a 4 …

Despite emotional testimony from women who claimed they were harmed by abortions, Iowa lawmakers were told that legislation to create …

On a mostly party line vote, the Republican-controlled Iowa House approved changing the way the Legislature sets funding levels for …

A bipartisan plan to establish a state-run facility for delinquent girls is an attempt to “lower the temperature” around the …

Cedar Rapids may not get the $6 million in state funding it wants to jumpstart a $15 million for greenways …

A key lawmaker said Wednesday Grout Museum is likely to get the $500,000 it is seeking for its Sullivan Brothers …

A ban on telemedicine abortions would become state law under a measure approved by the Iowa House Tuesday. Representatives voted …

Although some representatives quibbled with the definition and whether a ban on “Electronic Smoking Devices” went far enough, the Iowa …

Rep. Ron Jorgensen thinks he has a better way of budgeting for Iowa’s K-12 schools, but, so far, Democrats haven’t …

A state disaster services agency is proposing a statewide system to handle mass emergency notifications, but can’t think of a …

Although he agrees the closure of the Iowa Juvenile Home was in the best of the girls living there, a …

Neither a district judge ordering him to re-open the Iowa Juvenile Home nor Democratic-sponsored legislation properly address the state’s responsibility …

Legislation pre-empting the state from regulating Voice over Internet Protocol – VoIP – would open the door for large investment …

Not that the Iowa Legislature is the place to look for sexy, but “an act exempting Internet protocol-enabled service and …

As the nation nears the conclusion of its longest, continuous period of war, the “mission-focused and warrior ready” Iowa National …