James Q. Lynch

CEDAR RAPIDS – After a visit to the Texas-Mexico border, Sen. Joni Ernst is calling for increased border security and …

Four years ago, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst enthusiastically endorsed U.S. Rep. Steve King in his Republican primary race as a …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa is earning kudos for its restrictions to prevent former state lawmakers from becoming lobbyists for two …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley is ‘cautiously optimistic” about winning Senate approval of prescription drug reforms he believes will …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley doesn’t expect to learn anything new when he gets a chance to review special …

CEDAR RAPIDS — What Iowa needs, Tom Vilsack says, is a little genius. Vilsack, who will deliver the Oct. 3 …

Iowa Democratic U.S. House members voted earlier today to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Democratic presidential candidates pitched their plans to older Iowans Wednesday, promising to negotiate for better prescription drug …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Osceola Mayor Thomas Kedley, who briefly was a candidate for the U.S. House in Iowa’s 2nd District, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley is staying out of the family feud between Iowa’s other congressional Republicans. ‘It’s between …

Candidates in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District have raised more than three-quarters of a million dollars to finance their 2020 campaigns. …

State Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has confirmed she’s considering a run for the Iowa 2nd District U.S. House seat in 2020. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – They called for health care for all and better schools, living wages, free community college and job …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Ninety-degree heat, layers of sweat, cramps and the absence of his preferred candidate was not going to …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A dozen 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls will take the stage Sunday afternoon in NewBo to make their …