James Q. Lynch

DES MOINES – The “big number” continues to elude legislative leaders, but they insisted Monday they’re getting closer. Closer, in …

DES MOINES – With the exit of 4th District Rep. Steve King from the field of potential Republican U.S. Senate …

Even as the field of potential Republican candidates for a 2014 open-seat Senate race dwindles, Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker …

On the 109 th day of a scheduled 110-day legislative session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said lawmakers will “stay …

Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, he said Thursday morning. “After talking …

He’s embarrassed he hasn’t decided whether he’ll run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, but Rep. Steve King has been …

AMES – He’s embarrassed he hasn’t decided whether he’ll run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, but Rep. Steve King …

DES MOINES – Over Democratic protests that a Capitol committee room is not the place to make medical decisions, Iowa …

U.S. Rep. Steve King plans to be on the ballot in 2014, but hasn’t decided whether he’ll be seeking re-election …

The recent defeat of gun control legislation in the U.S. Senate is just the latest round in cultural wars that …

Immigration reform being promoted by the Senate’s Gang of 8 is an “outrageous reach” that will result in a “colossal …

It’s just a “small drop in the bucket,” but an additional $500,000 appropriation for the Department for the Blind is …

Following on a 2010 government reorganization effort that saved state government more than $200 million, the Iowa House approved legislation …

Hopes for passenger rail in Eastern Iowa were derailed, or at least sidetracked, when funding for a feasibility study was …

A handful of House conservatives want to reduce the pay of Iowa Supreme Court justices involved in a 2009 decision …