Rod Boshart

DES MOINES – Talks between state and union negotiators aimed at hammering out new two-year labor contracts covering state employees …

WEST DES MOINES- Republicans have to make good on their 2014 election promises by delivering bold conservative reforms that voters …

DES MOINES- Iowa’s education chief made a pitch Tuesday for more state money next fiscal year to boost elementary reading …

DES MOINES — A new coalition calling itself Iowans 4 Medical Cannabis has formed to promote safe and regulated access …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad plans to hold talks with top legislative leaders yet this month aimed at forging …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad says he would support a statewide Republican fundraising event in Ames next summer where …

DES MOINES – The head of Iowa’s largest teachers’ union Friday said her 34,000-member organization wants to see Gov. Terry …

DES MOINES – The occasionally derailed effort to expand passenger rail service in Iowa apparently is back on track but …

DES MOINES – The declining popularity of pull-tab tickets is prompting the Iowa Lottery to reassess the products’ future and …

DES MOINES – The head of the state’s human services agency Monday warned Gov. Terry Branstad and state legislators to …

DES MOINES – Key legislators aren’t betting on a full-blown gambling debate during the 2015 session over a proposal to …

DES MOINES – Top legislators are telling Iowans to temper their spending expectations for fiscal 2016 heading into a tough …

DES MOINES – Iowa landowners in the path of a planned oil pipeline will get their first face-to-face meetings this …

DES MOINES – Some of Iowa’s political clout in the nation’s capitol will diminish when retiring Sen. Tom Harkin and …

DES MOINES – State negotiators offered a 1 percent across-the-board pay raise for each of the next two fiscal years …