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Key legislators from both parties say there's been a bit of a "breakthrough" in statehouse negotiations over ho...
Iowa lawmakers return to Des Moines this week hoping to find final compromises and wrap up the 2013 session.Senator Randy Fee...
There's a new wrinkle in on-going statehouse discusses over how best to provide health care coverage to low-income Iowans...
The State of Iowa is launching a new media production office four years after a tax credit scandal effectively shut down the ...
Fifty-one Republicans in the Iowa House have formally endorsed Governor Terry Branstad's "Healthy Iowa Plan" to...
The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to create a new state tax credit for Iowa small businesses that provide health care ben...
Iowa House Republicans have again voted to advance their own property tax reform plan. It would reduce commercial property ta...
A coalition of 26 Democrats and three Republicans in the Iowa Senate has voted to create a new commercial property tax credit...
Iowa lawmakers will pick up the debate on education reform and funding when they return to Des Moines after the Easter break....
Congressman Steve King appears to be seriously considering a bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate next year....
An Iowa native who's become an expert on "sea ice" says the Arctic could be ice-free "within a decade.&quo...
Senate Democrats say Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad must be willing to negotiate with Democrats over property tax re...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s property tax reform plan got an initial airing at a statehouse hearing Wednesday afterno...
Iowa's shortage of nurses is starting to be solved through a University of Iowa program which officials hope will see an ...
Firefighters from across the state traveled to Des Moines to pick up hundreds of free smoke alarms.State Fire Marshal Ray Rey...
MidAmerican Energy will phase out coal burning at seven boilers located in three plants across Iowa as part of a settlement a...
Iowa lawmakers returned to Des Moines this week for their legislative session. The major legislative goal for Iowa Farm Burea...
Lawmakers are back in Des Moines as the 2013 session of the Iowa Legislature gets underway. Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull sa...
Cases of the flu continue to climb in Iowa as spot shortages of the flu vaccine are being reported around the state. Iowa Dep...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is again putting "education reform" on his to-do list for legislators.Branstad will re...
The past two elections have yielded significant turn-over in the ranks of Republicans in the Iowa Senate. Bill Dix is the new...
National Pork Board members finalized their 2013 budget at their meeting this week in Des Moines.Board member and South Dakot...
– The South Dakota women’s basketball team will start its 2012-13 campaign on the road this weekend, facing Cleve...
The most recent state records show 369 Iowans took their own lives in 2010. Mark Vander Linden, with the Iowa Department of P...
A new report shows few Iowa employers are expecting to add jobs over the last three months of the year. The Manpower Employme...
Iowa will host the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) annual meeting this week. Iowa Ag Secreta...
A couple preparing for their wedding this Saturday in Sioux City had a few anxious moments after learning that President Obam...
A new federal report finds Americans are walking more and those who walk are healthier. The C-D-C report singles out the I-WA...
The Iowa State Fair opens in Des Moines today and runs through August 19. State Fair Manager Gary Slater says they’re h...
Almost one in five Iowans smoke and a program to help them quit is getting new compliments. A survey of Iowans who smoke find...
Iowa's governor plans to convene a statewide "bullying prevention summit" this fall. The author of a book that ...
(London) --Iowa native Lolo Jones failed to medal at the London Olympics Tuesday. Jones came in fourth in the 100-meter hurdl...
Iowans will be able to start casting ballots for the 2012 election on September 27th. That's 40 days before Election Day....
A symposium created by state education officials to talk about leadership in education was held this weekend at Drake Univers...
A national report that attempts to rank how each state takes care of its children shows the down economy is making an impact ...
Iowa’s attorney general and secretary of state have collaborated on a case to stop a California man from stealing thous...
Utility customers across Iowa are being warned of a scam that promises them a deal on paying their power bills. Tina Potthoff...
A state senator says Democrats in the Iowa legislature will try to find a way around Republican Governor Terry Branstad's...
In August of 2010, there were three crashes along a stretch of I-80 in Jasper County Iowa that killed eight people and injure...
As technology continues to evolve, more of the available spectrum to keep that technology connected has been consumed. Now, t...
The presentation of the winning 241-million dollar Powerball ticket in Iowa has raised a new legal question.The Quaker Oats w...
South Dakota State wrestling and first-year head coach Chris Bono announced its schedule for the upcoming 2012-13 season...In...
Manpower Incorporated spokesperson Karen Miller says the state of Iowa has one of the best third quarter employment outlooks ...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad unveiled a new worker training program called the Skilled Iowa Initiative.About a dozen business...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin convened a regional hearing about bullying in Des Moines.Emily Domayer, a 2006 graduate of Sioux City...
– Thanks to top eight finishes in the pole vault from sophomore Bethany Buell and freshman Emily Grove on Wednesday, th...
The South Dakota State men's and women's track and field athletes wrapped up competition at the NCAA West Preliminary...
South Dakota State men's track and field jumper Jared Vlastuin qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump on T...
Pork producers from around the country are preparing for the World Pork Expo, June 6-7 in Des Moines, Iowa. The expo is the l...
About half of the members of the Iowa Senate are up for re-election this year. Among them is republican Senator Randy Feenstr...
A member of the Iowa Republican Party's state central committee suggests party officials need to ensure the results of th...
The 2012 session of the Iowa Legislature ended last week with a number of issues unresolved. Senator Randy Feenstra says the ...
A watchdog group is releasing new figures they say shows how damaging it will be to Iowa college students -- and to the econo...
A new report claims sexual violence, in just one year, cost the state of Iowa$5.8 billion or $1,875 per resident. The...
- The South Dakota women’s 4x1,600 relay set a school record to pace the Coyote track and field teams as they opened co...
South Dakota sophomore Bethany Buell has been named the Summit League Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week, the ...
Sophomore Bethany Buell set another school record in the pole vault at the Long Beach State Invitational, and senior Jasmine ...
Sophomore Bethany Buell set another school record in the pole vault at the Long Beach State Invitational, and senior Jasmine ...
The Iowa House has voted to bar schools from starting before the 4th Monday in August. Representative Peter Cownie, a Republi...
Iowa schools would be able to start on the 4th Monday of August, but no earlier under legislation pending in the Iowa House. ...
By the slimmest of margins an Iowa senate committee has approved a bill that would allow MidAmerican to seek regulators' ...
The Iowalegislature has voted to establish new penalties for people caught getting a job at a livestock confinementorafarmin ...
A bid to close-down Iowa businesses that employ illegal immigrants has cleared an initial hurdle at the statehouse. If the bi...
A review and update on the flooding in western Iowa will be on the agenda of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority m...
Democrats in the Iowa House say Republicans aren't setting aside enough money to help principals and superintendents refo...
Iowa legislators are likely to engage in a spirited debate over what kind of shot may be fired at doves. Last year, in unchar...
Iowa legislators are likely to engage in a spirited debate over what kind of shot may be fired at doves. Last year, in unchar...
Iowa lawmakers are back in Des Moines, ready to kick off the 2012 legislative session. Leaders in both parties say they expec...
A coalition of unions and environmental advocacy groups held a news conference in Des Moines to draw attention to the nation'...
