He served in the Iowa Senate from 2005 until last November, when he was defeated by Democrat Matt Blake in the year's most expensive legislative race. In the lead-up to the 2020 election, all eyes are ...

State lawmakers hit the 2025 session’s first ‘funnel’ deadline, which revokes the eligibility of bills that did not reach a ...

With the first legislative deadline passed, Iowa legislators’ focus will shift to include more tax and fiscal policy ...

Flags all around Iowa will be lowered to half-staff Friday to remember a former Iowa Senate president who died this week.

Joe Van Haalen, president of Des Moines Professional Firefighters Local 4 and vice president of Iowa Professional Firefighters, said three Des Moines firefighters have died in the last 18 months ...

Friday, March 7 marked the first funnel deadline for the 2025 Iowa legislative session. By midnight, policy bills had to be passed by a committee ...

Governor Kim Reynolds orders flags to be lowered to half-staff on Friday in honor and remembrance of former Iowa Senate ...

Move over Goldfinch. Iowans could have the option to buy a custom yellow "Don't Tread on Me" license plate under a bill ...

Fourteen bills related to nursing home oversight were introduced in the Iowa Senate this week, although none are expected to win approval. At the beginning of the 2025, Senate President Amy ...

Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced a bill that would eliminate civil rights protections for transgender people, mirroring ...

The bill, Senate File 320, that advanced out of a Senate subcommittee Wednesday would establish the death penalty for ...