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Iowa House adjourns landmark 2013 session

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:40 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Basking in successful compromise deals on property tax cuts, new education policies and low-income health care, Iowa lawmakers hailed the just-adjourned 2013 legislative session as the most successful in recent memory.

Wisconsin Gov. Walker to headline Iowa GOP event

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:28 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will visit Iowa this week to deliver a speech that may bolster speculation that he will run for president in 2016.

Lawmaker adds fuel tax increase to ethanol bill

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:26:28 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - A proposal to increase the state fuel tax by 10 cents has resurfaced in the Iowa House.

Branstad backs raising pay for elected officials

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:20 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Gov. Terry Branstad has proposed increasing salaries for future Iowa elected officials, but legislative leaders showed little interest in the legislation Thursday.

Public hearings set on governor's health care plan

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:35:02 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Human Services will hold four public hearings on the governor's proposed health care plan in cities across the state in June.

Branstad appoints deputy sec. of state as auditor

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - An accountant and former county auditor will serve as Iowa's next state auditor, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday.

Board says Dandekar will limit role in decisions

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:34:23 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Utilities Board says one of its members will continue to be "actively involved" with matters before the board but won't participate in substantive decisions on contested matters while she explores whether to run for Congress.

Iowa lawmakers seek compromise on health care

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:51:28 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Senate Democrats are offering some modifications to a Medicaid expansion proposal in the hopes of winning support from House Republicans.

Iowa officers will be honored at memorial

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:07:46 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Three of the 169 Iowa police officers who have died from injuries received in the line of duty will be honored at a Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony.

Branstad to announce economic investment in Iowa

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:36:22 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Gov. Terry Branstad is scheduled to announce an economic development project that he is touting as the largest in state history.

Obama signs disaster declaration for Iowa counties

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:09:43 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for five Iowa counties damaged by severe weather in early April.

It's a puzzle: Why isn't Iowa electing women?

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:50:05 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - It was among the first states to legalize gay marriage and served as the 2008 campaign liftoff site for the first black president, but in other arenas Iowa isn't quite so progressive - it's also one of just two states to never elect a woman governor or member of Congress.

King latest Iowa Republican to decline Senate bid

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:49:23 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Rep. Steve King said Friday he will not run for the U.S. Senate, opening the race to succeed Democrat Tom Harkin to lesser-known Republicans.

Iowa Republican Bill Northey turns down Senate bid

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:53:16 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said Thursday he will not seek the U.S. Senate next year, the latest in a series of no-thank-yous from Iowa Republicans.

Iowa lieutenant governor says no to run for Senate

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:03:15 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she will not run for U.S. Senate in 2014, claiming she's prepared to seek statewide office on her own, but not finished with the work she set out to accomplish with Gov. Terry Branstad.