Rod Boshart

DES MOINES – State park supporters announced plans Wednesday to mount a strategic public-private effort to spruce up the 87 …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday the critical role that Iowa will play in the 2012 presidential election …

DES MOINES – Iowa already has landed $3.5 billion in capital investments for business projects under Gov. Terry Branstad and …

DES MOINES – Iowa taxpayers could be given the option to deduct federal taxes or pay a flat, lower state …

The current drought gripping Iowa is “a super slow-motion disaster” that may take several years before the negative effects on …

DES MOINES – Iowa’s state government has never been in a stronger financial position. According to figures from the nonpartisan …

State Environment Protection Commission members were bombarded Tuesday with jeers, catcalls and insults from angry environmentalists upset when the seven-member …

UPDATE: A special election will be held in Senate District 22 on Dec. 11 to fill the Iowa Senate vacancy …

Gov. Terry Branstad said today (Monday) that the state’s surplus financial position should put policy-makers in a position to “dramatically” …

The eyes of a hungry world will again be on Iowa next week during a summit in Des Moines  as …

State revenue forecasters Thursday issued a bullish outlook for tax collections through June 2014, but said they would feel better …

VAN METER – GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at President Obama’s rural record Tuesday, saying he will ease …

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will take aim at President Obama’s rural record when he addresses supporters at a central …

DES MOINES – Travelers spent about $7.2 billion in Iowa in 2011, a 10.3 percent yearly increase for an industry …

Two is company and three generally is a crowd when it comes to presidential politics in Iowa – a state …