Rod Boshart

NEWTON – Republican gubernatorial candidates rallied their troops Wednesday for a big push to the polls next week. “I think …

Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES – James Saunders, assistant director of the state Division of Criminal Investigation, has been appointed …

DES MOINES – The three-member State Appeal Board voted Tuesday to let stand a fiscal 2011 budget for the Midland …

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro said Tuesday he is expecting an average turnout for next week’s …

DES MOINES – State fiscal experts are fairly certain tax collections for fiscal 2010 will finish better than projected by …

DES MOINES – Two-thirds of Iowa’s 362 school districts have signed up to participate in national reform efforts designed to …

DES MOINES – A new survey of Iowa businesses issued today indicates a marked improvement in prospects for employment, sales and …

INDIANOLA – Former Gov. Terry Branstad said Friday a GOP rival’s plan to try to stay a Supreme Court decision …

DES MOINES – Grow good-paying jobs in life science industries in Iowa and college graduates will stay. That according to …

DES MOINES – State Auditor David Vaudt called on state lawmakers Thursday to consider revamping a system of reimbursing juvenile …

DES MOINES – Iowa’s first lady parted ways Monday with Republicans seeking her husband’s job in the November election who …

Picture a graying Goliath returning to the political battlefield to face a pair of would-be Davids, and you’ve summed up …

JOHNSTON – Two Republican gubernatorial candidates got personal Thursday in clashing over issues of budgeting, mentoring and electability while a …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver’s re-election campaign raised nearly $1.5 million in contributions during the latest reporting period and …

ANKENY – A Muscatine-based tax group that once fought former Gov. Terry Branstad’s failed attempt to repeal federal deductibility on state …