Rod Boshart

 According to Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, the 2012 legislative session is about three priorities: “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Likewise, House …

DES MOINES – Fuel price spikes have thrown up a major roadblock to passage of a state gas tax increase …

DES MOINES – Agricultural interests on Tuesday said the Iowa Senate had given them a legal hook to help combat …

State Auditor David Vaudt took legislators from both political parties to task Tuesday for using fiscal 2013 budget targets that …

DES MOINES – A measure aimed at bringing illegal online poker under state regulation rolled through a Senate committee Wednesday …

Judgment week in the Iowa Legislature left a number of hoped-for bills in ashes on Wednesday. House subcommittees opened the …

DES MOINES -The legality of an order by Gov. Terry Branstad that effectively closed 36 workforce development centers last year …

DES MOINES – A Senate subcommittee on Monday approved a bill designed to legalize online poker in Iowa and bring …

DES MOINES – The 2012 legislative session’s compressed schedule means time will likely run out this week on a number …

Iowa’s minimum wage workers probably don’t have a raise in their future – not from the Iowa Legislature this session, …

Three Republicans joined eight Democrats on the Senate Transportation Committee Wednesday in approving a state gas tax increase. Senate Study …

Iowa lawmakers are being asked to consider expanding the state’s “safe haven” law but advocates worry that a proposal to …

DES MOINES – Iowa bar and restaurant owners on Tuesday served up suggestions on changes to alcohol regulations, so they …

Gov. Terry Branstad said he is hopeful this week’s Iowa visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will open new …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers face a tax-policy trifecta when they return to the Statehouse this week. On Tuesday, Republicans …