James Q. Lynch

On a day marked with party line votes and, at times, sharp verbal exchanges between majority Democrats and minority Republican, …

Iowa legislative leaders continue to be optimistic they will complete work on the fiscal 2012 budget before the budget year …

Senate Democrats say they have “gone past the middle of the road” to reach a budget agreement with Gov. Terry …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Financially, the past year was a mixed bag for Iowa’s U.S. House delegation. While two members saw …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sounding many of the same themes he used while campaigning last spring, Gov. Terry Branstad June 6 …

Ask folks in state government how they’ll deal with a shutdown if the governor and Iowa Legislature can’t reach a …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa Democrats called on Gov. Terry Branstad and House Republicans to drop their “just because” $5.999 billion …

DES MOINES – Iowa House Republicans say a warning about a monster of a GOP budget bill is nothing more …

ELKADER – If it was the fourth year of his term, Gov. Terry Branstad’s barnstorming of Iowa could be chalked …

FAIRFAX – Republican Mitt Romney’s first 2012 campaign visit to Linn County had the feel of a family get-together. He …

DES MOINES – Three years after a deadly tornado and floods that caused billions of dollars of damage across Iowa, …

ELKADER – The protracted stalemate at the Iowa Capitol over the state budget has produced one casualty that has Democrats …

DES MOINES – The wheels appear to be coming off the tracks for state support of passenger rail service from …

DES MOINES – The party’s over for Iowa Republicans. The Republican Party of Iowa’s 2011 Lincoln Day Dinner, which was …

CEDAR RAPIDS – With Newt Gingrich joining the race and Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump dropping out, Herman Cain says …