Rod Boshart

Iowa will be moving into uncharted budgetary waters next month if the split-control Legislature is unable to approve supplemental Medicaid …

DES MOINES — A fairly open-ended, catch-all budget bill has touched off a feeding frenzy among interest groups and lobbyists …

DES MOINES – Iowa communities would be able to designate special 25-acre development zones and use a share of sales …

State budget negotiators Wednesday were trying to narrow differences on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of government spending for …

The Iowa Senate passed a wide-ranging standings appropriation bill Tuesday night that included an $8 million, four-year commitment of state …

[Editor’s note: This story was originally published in The Gazette’s Wednesday, September 10, 2008 edition.] DES MOINES — Agriprocessors Inc.’s owner …

One day after a Senate hearing that raised leadership concerns at the Iowa Veterans Home, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Tuesday …

DES MOINES – A state senator Monday called on Gov. Terry Branstad to place two top leaders at the Iowa …

The number of Iowa children who were abused or neglected declined slightly last year, according to the latest statistical report …

DES MOINES – Beginning and novice drivers will face more restrictions designed to improve safety on Iowa roadways under legislation …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted Wednesday to give law enforcement expanded authority to take DNA samples from people …

The Iowa Senate Ethics Committee voted Wednesday to request that a special investigator be installed to determine whether a state …

Majority Democrats in the Iowa Senate refused Wednesday to approve a House-passed version of Gov. Terry Branstad’s Healthy Iowa plan …

DES MOINES – Democrats who control the Iowa Senate passed a $119 million infrastructure bill Tuesday that channels mostly state …

DES MOINES – Democrats who control the Iowa Senate passed a $119 million infrastructure bill Tuesday that channels mostly state …