Government Policy and Law

A Minnesota professional fund-raising group that raised money for several Iowa law enforcement associations has agreed to refrain from future fund-raising in Iowa, as part of an agreement reached with Attorney General Tom Miller, the …

The city of Norwalk will host a ribbon cutting from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow night to acknowledge the reopening of its renovated City Hall, 705 North Ave.

The building will house offices for city …

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has decided that travelers who flew during the recent partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) won’t get a tax refund, MarketWatch reported.

The FAA reauthorization bill that Congress …

A Michigan company has submitted the lowest bid to demolish all but the skywalk and first-floor structure of the former YWCA at 717 Grand Ave. The Des Moines City Council will be asked today to …

Iowa Medicaid Director Jennifer Vermeer has been chosen to participate in the yearlong Medicaid Leadership Institute, an advanced professional development program managed by the Center for Health Care Strategies and funded by the Robert Wood …

Federal regulators of banks, savings and loans and credit unions have advised their charges that Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the country’s debt rating will not affect calculations used to determine capital levels, an important …

Attorney General Tom Miller today entered into a plea agreement with an Iowa film producer charged in the Iowa Film Office case. 

Bruce Elgin, 42, of Washington, pleaded guilty in Polk County District Court this …

Electrolux failed to pay overtime to production workers at its now shuttered Webster City plant, an attorney claims in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday.

The Fort Dodge Messenger reported that Bart Goplerud, the West …

Gov. Terry Branstad was notified late Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that Iowa’s request for activation of the Federal Individual Assistance Program for Fremont, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie and Woodbury counties has been denied. …

The procurement division of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has received an Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Purchasing Institute.

The award recognizes best practices in staff certification and …