Rod Boshart

Excessive speeding a factor in high fatality count

Excessive speeding a factor in high fatality count

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday declared a statewide public health disaster emergency effective at noon that included …

DES MOINES – A state panel agreed Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to settle a medical negligence lawsuit brought by …

DES MOINES – There is bipartisan agreement at the Statehouse that Iowa should keep its nonpartisan approach to drawing boundaries …

DES MOINES – Whether Iowa felons get their voting privileges restored after they’ve completed their sentences, as Gov. Kim Reynolds …

DES MOINES – Hailing a ‘major milestone,” Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday a ‘life-changing” bill passed with bipartisan …

Several key issues likely to push into next year DES MOINES – Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says she wants …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 46-2 Tuesday to create a first-ever statewide children’s mental health system, sending Gov. …

DES MOINES – Rural Iowa needs more assistance from the state to address housing shortages and limited access to high-speed …

DES MOINES – State negotiators Tuesday offered mostly status-quo health insurance and a 1 percent pay increase in each of …

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she plans to hold the first meeting of her 16-member teachers’ cabinet …

DES MOINES ? Gov. Kim Reynolds told reporters Monday that Iowa has ?reasonable and responsible? gun laws on the books but needs to take a ?holistic? approach to addressing mental health needs and engaging citizens to report suspicious threats in the wake of last week's mass shooting in Florida.Reynolds opened her weekly news conference by offering ?sympathies and prayers to all those impacted? by Wednesday's ...

DES MOINES ? U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said he expects the federal tax-cut package President Donald Trump signed Friday will foster international business activity and significantly reduce America's trade imbalance in future years.Branstad, who attended an event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Iowa-China Business Council and Iowa-China Business Forum, said he believes the two nations are ...

DES MOINES ? Two Statehouse Democrats told public employees and retirees Monday to stay ?vigilant? during the 2018 legislative session for potential Republican changes to their pension systems ? a warning a key GOP leader called a ?scare tactic? given there no alterations planned next year.State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, a West Des Moines Democrat in his ninth term, and Sen. Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines, called ...