Rod Boshart

JOHNSTON – Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said he hopes Democrats and Republicans can agree to a $250 million commitment …

DES MOINES – The Senate Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa Committee voted 13-2 Thursday in favor of a bill designed to provide …

A three-member Senate Transportation subcommittee began a potentially bumpy political journey Wednesday in trying to guide a state gas tax …

UPDATE: Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett says he believes prospects are better this session for a cost-sharing approach toward flood …

A new study released Wednesday affirms that Iowa’s largest metropolitan areas are major economic engines. Dave Swenson, an Iowa State …

DES MOINES – The leader of the Senate Republican minority is pushing to reinstate a limited death penalty in Iowa …

Democrats who control the Iowa Senate voted 26-23 on Tuesday to provide a 4 percent increase in per-pupil state aid …

State Auditor David Vaudt gave high marks Monday to Gov. Terry Branstad and the split-control Legislature for shrinking a “spending …

A looming political skirmish over the future funding of K-12 education in Iowa might be the harbinger of bigger, high-stakes …

Gov. Terry Branstad said Friday he would like to see elected officials in Iowa “lead by example” by paying for …

DES MOINES – Legislative Republicans proposed Thursday to spend $182 million less than Gov. Terry Branstad’s $6.242 billion budget plan …

Gun-rights advocates fired the first volley Thursday in a legislative effort to amend the state’s constitution to guarantee an individual’s …

Senate Democrats on Wednesday pushed for a 4 percent boost in “allowable growth” for schools in fiscal 2014. Republicans, however, …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers are looking to provide whistle-blower protections against employment-related retaliation for anyone who reports incidents of …

State lawmakers gave Iowa Lottery officials high marks Tuesday for the way they handled the mysterious circumstances surrounding a winning …