The longtime Iowa Senate president charted the state's course in two eras while nurturing personal relationships, writes the ...

A group of Des Moines firefighters and their family members filled a legislative committee room last week at the Iowa Capitol ...

Iowa lawmakers introduced more than 2,000 bills this legislative session, but only a few hundred made it past the latest ...

After a busy two weeks for Iowa lawmakers, the first major deadline of the session came and went. For bills to stay alive for ...

This week we look back at the first funnel week of the 2025 legislative session to see which bills are still alive — and which ones didn't make the cut.

Iowa funnel week is the week bills must pass through one full committee in either the State House or Senate to stay eligible ...

The bills that survived the first major deadline of Iowa’s 2025 legislative session show that Republicans have moved forward with a number of their priorities through bills focused on issues ranging ...

By Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch The bills that survived the first major deadline of Iowa’s 2025 legislative session ...

For the second day in a row, flags around Iowa will be at half-staff. Today they're lowered to honor a former attorney ...

It's been about a month since a federal judge upheld a court ruling that blocks an Iowa immigration bill from taking effect.

During his long tenure in the Iowa state Capitol, Jack Kibbie earned a reputation as a lawmaker willing to work with anyone to get things done. Kibbie, a Democrat from Emmetsburg widely regarded as ...

The first funnel deadline of the 2025 legislative session is over. State lawmakers raced to make sure their top priorities advanced through committee by Friday.