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By The Des Moines Register — When politicians talk about shrinking government, they rarely specify what size it should be, …

UPDATE: State regents struggled with the idea of awarding raises to the university presidents this year, the board president said, …

The leader of Iowa’s largest public employees’ union on Wednesday warned that inadequate staffing levels are posing safety and security …

More than 100 correctional officers at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville “don’t feel safe,” according to veteran officer …

DES MOINES – The countdown to a possible government shutdown continued Monday, but Gov. Terry Branstad and legislative leaders remained …

DES MOINES – Across the country, Republican governors and lawmakers took aim at organized labor contracts this winter, and Iowa’s …

QUICK LOOK BACK: It was a wild and woolly year for Iowa linebacker in 2010. What seemed to be a …

Teachers, prison guards, firefighters, union bosses and hundreds of other supporters of organized labor met Monday at the Statehouse to …

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Wednesday he’ll bargain hard with unions representing state workers but has no plans to seek …

The confrontation between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and state workers is being closely watched in statehouses across the country. In …