James Q. Lynch

A public school teacher’s job. A University of Iowa study of infectious diseases. Health care for low-income families. The federal …

Sen. Tom Harkin, a veteran of several unsuccessful attempts to improve Medicare reimbursement to Iowa health-care providers, sees the current …

The Senate Finance Committee is “making progress by inches,” but probably not enough to give preliminary approval to a health-care …

The old “once bitten, twice shy” adage played into Sen. Chuck Grassley’s vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The …

CEDAR RAPIDS – In a move state party leaders say is “good for Democrats, good for Republicans, and good our …

Four Iowa cities – Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo and Des Moines – ranked in the top 20 communities for …

Sonia Sotomayor may have the credentials “on paper” to be a Supreme Court justice, but Sen. Chuck Grassley will oppose …

DES MOINES – Iowa Appeals Court Judge Robert Mahan is hanging up his robe this week after more than three …

Members of the Iowa National Guard are one step closer to being compensated $200 a day for their extended deployments. …

MOUNT VERNON – Watching six candidates actively seeking the Republican Party of Iowa nomination for governor has Jeff Boeyink thinking …

Though Gov. Chet Culver is pushing passenger rail service from Iowa City to Chicago, at least some people are saying …

CEDAR RAPIDS — More than 10 months until the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary, Bob Vander Plaats has a wide lead …

Sonia Sotomayor has done nothing during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week to harm her chances of winning confirmation as …

A poll commissioned by a conservative blog found more than two-thirds of Iowa voters want to vote on whether same-sex …

Danny Homan has been elected to another term as president of AFSCME Council 61, a union representing nearly 40,000 public …