Rod Boshart

DES MOINES – Iowa senators marked the Ides of March Tuesday with a number of partisan clashes. Majority Democrats pushed …

DES MOINES – House and Senate conferees moved closer to compromise Tuesday on a package of tax cuts and spending …

Problems besetting nuclear reactors in earthquake-battered Japan are forming a cloud of uncertainty over plans in Iowa to construct a …

Novice drivers in Iowa would operate under new restrictions when learning to drive if legislation approved Tuesday by the Iowa …

DES MOINES – A Polk County judge has ordered Connecticut-based Vertrue, Inc. to pay more than $30 million dollars in …

Students from Iowa’s regent universities turned out en masse Monday at the Statehouse to lobby lawmakers in opposition to more …

DES MOINES – Scores of policy bills were shot down by lawmakers Thursday but a measure authorizing a dove-hunting season …

DES MOINES – It’s do-or-die time for a host of policy bills that legislators had hoped to get accomplished this …

DES MOINES – Efforts to create nicotine-free school zones, establish “do not email/text” protections for minors, and cap interest rates …

President Barack Obama today appointed Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to serve as co-chairman of the Council of Governors. The Council …

Tracking the legislative process can be like watching a car driving down a dead-end road. At the moment, the driver …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad’s three appointments to the Iowa Supreme Court should usher in a return to stability and …

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers are eyeing a crack down on so-called “backyard boutiques.” That’s what the Iowa Independent Automobile …

Iowans overwhelmingly favor the state’s smoke-free workplace law and nearly two out of three would like to see the anti-tobacco …

Law officers from cities that operate speed and red-light cameras made a show of force Tuesday at the Statehouse in …