James Q. Lynch

DES MOINES – Mayor Ron Corbett left the Capitol April 13 with a good feeling that lawmakers and state officials …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers will get a chance today to “kick the tires” on a flood protection system Cedar …

AARP is firing back in a war of words over legislation it says would stick Iowans with the cost of …

DES MOINES – Top legislative leaders say they can see a pathway for ending the 84th General Assembly’s 2011 session …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers and forestry advocates used the world’s fascination with three bald eagles hatching in an aerie …

Cedar Rapids’ flood protection plans may be an indirect casualty of the Washington budget war whether or not the federal …

Cedar Rapids’ flood protection plans may be an indirect casualty of the Washington budget war whether or not the federal …

DES MOINES – Ideas to include “non-public” investment and local-option sales tax revenue in a state financial assistance plan for …

DES MOINES – A $32 million ag and natural resources budget includes additional funding for the annual inspection gas pumps …

Democratic 2nd District U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack is wasting no time ramping up his campaign in what might be Iowa’s …

DES MOINES – Senate Democrats’ challenge of Gov. Terry Branstad’s insistence on a two-year budget may be short-lived. The Senate …

DES MOINES – Urban or rural, farmland or forest, flat land or bluff country, one characteristic shared by all 99 …

A staffer for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s exploratory campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has apologized and has been …

DES MOINES – A slain Keokuk County sheriff’s deputy and disabled Cedar Rapids police officers were briefly part of the …

DES MOINES – Defenders of Iowa’s judiciary like to point out it is a separate and equal branch of state …