Rod Boshart

DES MOINES – Majority Democratic leaders worked to finalize a $5.3 billion budget plan that boosted funding for education and …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver today said President Obama “accomplished a tremendous thing” in getting landmark health-care reform enacted …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would establish a debt coordinator whose job would be …

A roundup of legislative and Statehouse items of interest for Wednesday, March 24: FUTURE SHOCK: State lawmakers struggling to balance …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate came close Wednesday evening to engaging in a wide-ranging floor debate that could have …

State lawmakers on Wednesday made Iowa the first state to enact all 10 of the U.S. Defense Department’s quality-of-life measures …

A roundup of legislative and Statehouse items of interest for Tuesday, March 23: CAT MAY GROW CLAWS: Sen. Steve Kettering, …

DES MOINES — Republican Party of Iowa officials said Tuesday they are organizing a Stand Up for Freedom Rally slated …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate on Tuesday sent Gov. Chet Culver legislation intended to close a loophole in state …

DES MOINES – Retired Des Moines teacher Mary Grefe thought she was signing up for a free online credit report. …

DES MOINES – More than $32 million of the remaining $105 million in state I-JOBS bonding authority would go toward …

DES MOINES – Republican lawmakers and gubernatorial candidates Monday supported legal challenges to a federally approved health-care overhaul but legal …

DES MOINES – A legislative package of caps, reforms and suspensions designed to scale back Iowa’s tax credit program and …

DES MOINES – A new hurdle was thrown Monday in state lawmakers’ path to adjournment this week – a return …

DES MOINES — Laurie Schipper said it was “uncomfortable” Monday to culminate a decade-long effort to get legislation signed that …