Government Policy and Law

Iowa Legal Aid in Des Moines has been awarded $88,000 in matching grants from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to represent clients through the Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC). The program provides legal services to …

Isaiah McGee, Gov. Terry Branstad’s failed nominee to head the Iowa Department of Human Rights, has accepted a position in the Iowa Department of Education, according to a news release from Branstad’s office. The Iowa …

Import prices rose 0.2 percent in May, after advancing 3 percent in March and 2.1
percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said today. Export prices rose 0.2 percent in May after a …

The United States lost a modest number of manufacturing jobs in May, prompting the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) to rip the federal government for ignoring the problem. “We need sustained investments in infrastructure, innovation, …

Gov. Terry Branstad today appointed Michael Mullins to the Iowa Court of Appeals.

Mullins is currently serving as a district court judge in District 8A. Mullins, 59, of Washington, is a Drake University Law School …

The national debt will exceed the size of the economy this year — a first since World War II, according to a recent Treasury Department report. A year ago, the department had estimated that dubious …

Efforts by Gene Miller Co. Inc. to reorganize its finances ended today when a federal judge dismissed the Pleasant Hill drilling contractor’s bankruptcy case.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Lee Jackwig dismissed the Chapter 11 filing after …

Attorneys for President Barack Obama will seek to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet to health-care reform on Wednesday. The administration will present oral arguments as it appeals a ruling by a Florida judge …

Job openings in the United States decreased in April for the first time in three months, showing that companies started to lose confidence in the expansion’s durability even before hiring slumped in May, Bloomberg reported.…

Congressional leaders from both parties said a warning by Moody’s Investors Service that it may put the U.S. government’s debt rating on review for a downgrade is an alert to reduce the deficit and raise …