Government Policy and Law

President Barack Obama said today he would veto any cuts to Medicare unless Congress hikes taxes on companies and the wealthy, Reuters reported.

Obama’s remarks came as he laid out a plan to save $3 …

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa plans to offer an amendment that would boost the annual savings in his bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service to more than $10 billion, his office said. A draft of …

Findings of the second major investigation by the U.S. government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill may press energy giant BP plc to put more than $30 billion on the table to quickly …

The state of Iowa on Thursday awarded the H.J. Heinz Co. direct incentives of $100,000 and refundable investment tax credits for a proposed $10.9 million upgrade to the Heinz soup plant in southwest Cedar Rapids, …

Attorney Jim Hanks, shareholder with Ahlers & Cooney law firm, was recently elected as an officer for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law.

He joins the section’s executive committee …

Three Iowa employers received Iowa Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Governor’s Awards.

Recipients were Principal Financial Group Inc. in the Large Employer category, Davis Brown Law Firm in the Small Employer category and …

A federal grand jury indicted five people on mortgage fraud charges in a case led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Iowa attorney general and the Iowa Division of Banking.

Jason …

Gov. Terry Branstad’s office said today that Branstad will make a major Iowa jobs announcement this afternoon. The announcement will take place at 1:30 p.m.…

The U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday that five people have been indicted on charges related to mortgage fraud. Lane Anderson of Altoona, David Mable of Urbandale, Shannon Flickinger of Earlham and Paul Kramer of Granger …