A trio of Democrats vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination showed their differences on canceling student debt, expanding the nation’s Supreme Court and which of them offers the best opportunity for winning in November.
Republicans are criticizing Democratic congressional candidate Liz Mathis for previously describing herself as co-owner of a small marketing business, even though the company refutes the claim.
DES MOINES — Republicans are criticizing Democratic congressional candidate Liz Mathis for previously describing herself as co-owner of a small marketing business, even though the company refutes the claim.
The next, roughly $8.2 billion state budget is being crafted as state lawmakers returned to work Wednesday for the first time in more than two weeks.
Lawmakers are expected to return next week and undergo the final legislative push to adjournment
The incumbent publicly stated his opposition to Reynolds’ proposed legislation that would create taxpayer-funded scholarships for private school tuition assistance.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Republican from Iowa, condemned the shooting, which authorities say was motivated by hateful ideology. Grassley said he'd push for a piece of legislation he sponsors that would add training for identifying warning signs in teenagers and get them help. Grassley said the a…
Advocates say the requirements do not go nearly far enough to add protections for mobile homeowners and do little to address the proliferation of companies that have purchased mobile home lots and increased rent and fees on tenants.
DES MOINES — The E15 blend of ethanol, which contains a higher percentage of the corn-based fuel and is typically about 10 cents per gallon cheaper, will become available at most Iowa gas stations under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
DES MOINES — The E15 blend of ethanol, which contains a higher percentage of the corn-based fuel and is typically about 10 cents per gallon cheaper, will become available at most Iowa gas stations under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Two of three judges on an 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said in decision issued Monday that lawsuit is moot since COVID transmission rates have lowered.
DES MOINES — Differences over a hard line on when to send U.S. troops to Ukraine and over ethanol policy were among the few contrasts to emerge during a televised debate Saturday night between the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Iowa.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the plan instead is to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court’s official ruling on an abortion-related case, then determine a path forward in Iowa.
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds does not expect any abortion-related legislation to be passed during the current legislative session, which is nearly at its end.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken’s second campaign ad is on television.
It's the latest legal fight affecting the state’s 2-year-old recreational pot industry.
Experts anticipate that more than half the states in the nation — including every state surrounding Illinois — would ban or significantly chip away at the right to terminate a pregnancy.
National Democratic Party leaders are in the process of reorganizing Democrats’ presidential nominating schedule for the 2024 elections. No longer is Iowa Democrats’ prized first-in-the-nation status a given.
DES MOINES — Iowa Democrats are pledging to reform their famous presidential precinct caucuses in an attempt to keep their first-in-the-nation status — or close to it.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic lawmakers pledged on Tuesday to protect abortion rights in the state; later, protesters gathered in Chicago.
The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa. Here are answers.
DES MOINES — The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa. Here are answers to some of those questions.
Terry Bunting of Silvis, Ill., is in a wheelchair after being struck by the blade of an Iowa DOT snowplow in 2019 in Scott County
Democrats warned that the legislation will not address the shortage in a meaningful way because most centers will choose to not take advantage of the loosened regulations.
DES MOINES — Child care providers could ask families to pay the difference between the state’s child care assistance rate and what a center would normally charge under legislation on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.