Rod Boshart

 DES MOINES – The 2009 session likely will be remembered as the year the Legislature took bold steps to address …

Here are how some major issues fared in 2009 legislative session: BUDGET/BONDING: Lawmakers approved a fiscal 2010 general fund budget …

DES MOINES – Lawmakers were working Saturday to pass an unprecedented infrastructure bonding package and put the finishing touches on a …

DES MOINES – Bleary-eyed state senators approved an omnibus budget bill early Saturday that funds state salaries, K-12 schools, property …

DES MOINES – Republican forces were issuing warnings Friday for Iowans opposed to proposed Democratic changes to Iowa’s labor laws …

AMES – The new Iowa road maps are out. Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) officials announced Friday that the latest …

DES MOINES — Disaster-ravaged Iowa communities would be offered new incentives to spur redevelopment and enhanced bonding authority under legislation …

DES MOINES – The House took a hard line on hard liquor Thursday and refused to accept Senate language easing …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver and top legislative Democrats Thursday were hammering out the specifics of a $750 million …

Here are legislative items of interest for Thursday, April 23: FALLON FILES: Former state Rep. Ed Fallon officially filed an …

By Rod Boshart Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES – Top legislative Democrats emerged from a closed-door meeting with Gov. Chet …

DES MOINES – A state senator who opposes same-sex marriages Wednesday accused Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s office of selectively …

Here are legislative items of interest for Tuesday, April 21: DIRECT DEMOCRACY: Stymied by majority Democrats in attempts to have …

URBANDALE – Iowa’s environment rates above average – barely. That according to the first-ever report card issued Tuesday by the …