Rod Boshart

DES MOINES – Partisans in the Iowa House and Senate continued to move on two divergent paths Thursday, with Republicans …

DES MOINES – Republican debate-boycotting Donald Trump held a competing event Thursday to benefit veterans’ organizations, but it was unclear …

DES MOINES – Iowans with gun permits would be allowed to carry a loaded weapon while operating a snowmobile or …

DES MOINES – State lawmakers launched a new effort Wednesday to legalize consumer fireworks in Iowa. The revised bill that …

If Iowa’s young people are mirroring their parents’ opinions, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders might expect to have a good …

DES MOINES – Majority Senate Democrats plan to stick to their guns in pushing for a 4 percent increase in …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad urged legislators Monday to balance their funding expectations with budgetary realities as they begin …

Background DES MOINES — Elderly Iowans on fixed incomes have one less thing to worry about, thanks to a phase …

DES MOINES — The crowded 2016 Republican presidential campaign in Iowa and elsewhere has become a rough-and-tumble political slugfest that …

ANKENY – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was joined Saturday by some influential backers who told Iowans they hold the …

DES MOINES — The Iowa caucuses are moving into the ground-and-pound stage. After months of campaigning, advertising and organizing, the …

DES MOINES – A top Senate Democrat said Thursday she does not believe Iowa will have the safeguards in place …

DES MOINES – A new outbreak of avian influenza in Indiana drives home the need for Iowa to take proactive …

DES MOINES – Legislative Democrats say K-12 schools will be forced to increase class sizes, leave education positions unfilled and …

URBANDALE — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped up his retail politicking Saturday in hopes of building a Hawkeye surge …