Tom Barton

The road to recapturing U.S. House and Senate majorities and “restoring common sense” in Washington, D.C., to fight inflation, combat rising crime and secure the U.S.-Mexico border runs through Iowa, according to a slate of Republican speakers.

Iowa DHS has received responses from five insurers to run the state's privatized Iowa Medicaid program. Awards are expected to be announced Aug. 31.

Iowa Republican U.S. Ashley Hinson said a viral White House tweet highlighting Republican lawmakers for criticizing student loan forgiveness after having much larger amounts of PPP loans forgiven makes a disingenuous comparison.

Unemployment insurance rates for Iowa employers will drop to a 24-year low, beginning in 2023, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced this week.

While Iowans are generally highly vaccinated against polio, Linn County public health officials say recent cases in New York, Israel and the UK serve as a reminder and a warning not to forsake vaccines.

The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board may soon clarify whether state laws on attribution statements apply to some kinds of political text messages.

Iowa voters will be asked to enshrine the individual right to keep and bear arms in the Iowa Constitution, subject to “strict scrutiny” this November. Here’s what that will mean.

Cedar Rapids panelists discuss impact of Inflation Reduction Act

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson called on the DOJ to release more information about the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.

Insulin has become the poster-child drug when it comes to the debate over controlling skyrocketing drug prices and life-or-death stakes.

Iowa Republicans demanded answers from DOJ officials following the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s home for documents as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken took Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to task over efforts to lower prescription drug prices for Iowans.

Nearly two years removed from the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho, most Iowa farmers are back on their feet, but some are still recovering and rebuilding their operations, with some toppled and damaged farm buildings still in disarray .

The month of August has taken on a new meaning for Kristi Casteel of Marion, one marked now not only by sorrow but “poetic justice.”

A Cedar Rapids woman won a $300,000 lottery prize this week on a $30 scratch game.