Rod Boshart

A small number of bills managed to eke under the wire Thursday while many others failed their last-gasp efforts to …

UPDATE: Gov. Terry Branstad released details of a proposed salary bill Thursday that extends a pay raise to non-contract state …

ALTOONA – The University of Iowa is leaving itself exposed to legal challenges by continuing to have a pink visitor’s …

The clock was ticking Wednesday for a host of legislative ideas that backers were trying to keep away from the …

Members of the state Board of Regents would be subject to closer public scrutiny and more transparency in their decision-making …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 50-0 Tuesday to authorize the state Department of Transportation to issue special vehicle …

A Senate panel on Tuesday approved an agriculture and natural resources budget bill that would fund up to 13 new …

DES MOINES – A Senate panel on Tuesday approved an agriculture and natural resources budget bill that would fund up …

Young, experienced drivers would face more restrictions designed to improve the safety for them, their passengers and other users of …

DES MOINES – The Democratic-controlled Iowa Senate, on a party-line 26-23 vote, approved a major expansion of Medicaid coverage for …

A new effort is being launched to upgrade Iowa’s current bottle bill law. A broad coalition of recycling advocates, business …

Iowans are getting a glimpse of a statue in the making at the State Historical Building. Work is in progress …

Optimistic state revenue estimators Friday bumped their growth projections for Iowa’s tax collections upward by $250.7 million over the next …

State funding for Medicaid is slated to run out in early June, putting additional pressure on state lawmakers to resolve …

UPDATE: Iowa senators took a shot at addressing the state’s poverty problem Wednesday by approving a bipartisan tax cut that …