Rod Boshart

The Iowa Senate took steps Wednesday to protect school children and homebuyers from the harmful effects of radon gas. Senators …

An effort to exempt police officers who moonlight on private security jobs from paying state sales tax rang up a …

A second person appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to the state Board of Regents ran into some tough questioning Tuesday …

UPDATE: A Republican state senator said Tuesday he will seek legislative support to prohibit state resources being used to facilitate …

DES MOINES – The future of Brooklyn dairy farmer Craig Lang’s tenure on the state Board of Regents was uncertain …

Legislation is en route to Gov. Terry Branstad’s desk that would provide $11.6 million in supplemental money to help 26 …

House Republicans approved a fiscal 2014 education budget bill Wednesday that would provide nearly $895 million for higher education and …

DES MOINES – Senate Republicans indicated Wednesday they plan to propose allowing teachers, administrators or other school personnel who have …

UPDATE: Partisan tempers reached the boiling point in the Iowa Senate Wednesday over Gov. Terry Branstad’s latest attempt to defend …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad reiterated his call Monday for state legislators to lead by example and pay 20 …

A Senate panel agreed Monday to provide a bigger state income tax break for working families earning $45,000 a year …

UPDATE: Gov. Terry Branstad has proposed a fiscal 2014 state budget that eliminates both the chronic spending gaps and “bad …

Both parties declared victory Thursday as they approached the Iowa Legislature’s first self-imposed deadline for moving bills through the legislative …

School districts would receive an extra $400 per student under an education reform proposal that received a Senate committee’s approval …

DES MOINES – Members of Iowa’s largest state employees’ union will not get a uniform wage increase for the next …