James Q. Lynch

More than 100 people packed a Statehouse committee room Wednesday afternoon to hear the “other side of the story” behind …

A pair of Iowa’s U.S. House members were at the State Capitol Wednesday talking about better treatment of military veterans. …

An early backer of Barack Obama’s 2008 Iowa precinct caucus win hopes to start a conversation that will lay the …

Iowans carried them into war, but the biggest foes more than 300 battle flags in the State Historical Society’s collection …

Precinct caucuses are seen as a barometer of voters’ support and enthusiasm for candidates and political parties. However, the thermometer, …

Democrat Tyler Olson, who dropped out of the race for the party’s 2014 nomination for governor, is in the process …

Call it the informal kick-off to Campaign 2014. Iowa Democrats and Republicans will gather at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at …

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, and Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, R-Clear Lake, have reported raising more than a half-million dollars …

Democratic Iowa Secretary of State candidate Brad Anderson announced he has raised $152,333 in 2013 for his campaign and has …

A pair of former Republican northeast Iowa congressmen have endorsed state Rep. Walt Rogers’ bid for the GOP nomination for …

Four years after he made his political comeback, Gov. Terry Branstad says the state also has made a comeback. “But …

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey will make three stops in Northeast Iowa Jan. 21 to highlight the importance of …

Two Democratic senators didn’t make the cut to get on the American Conservative Union’s “True Liberals of the Hawkeye State” …

Cedar Rapids City Councilwoman Monica Vernon will report raising more than $224,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013 for her …

After a 12 year absence from the governor’s office, Terry Branstad’s 2010 gubernatorial bid was dubbed the “back to the …