Government Policy and Law

As the House Budget Committee worked on a Republican plan to cut more than $6 trillion of government spending over a decade, the panel’s senior Democrat proposed a symbolic amendment saying national security costs should …

Gov. Terry Branstad will give the keynote address, and other elected officials and members of boards and commissions will speak at tonight’s public service academy hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Greater …

Gov. Terry Branstad today announced that Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will lead the upcoming trade mission to South Korea and China.

Branstad will remain in Iowa to negotiate the state’s budget. Branstad said in a …

Defined-benefit pensions have largely disappeared from the private sector, and yet people are still clamoring for those jobs.

So why are we still struggling to sustain public employee pensions?

Across the country, at every level …

President Barack Obama’s administration said today that it will eliminate or rewrite hundreds of regulations to save businesses and consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, the first fruits of a review process announced …

A biofuels bill that Gov. Terry Branstad is scheduled to sign this afternoon will provide a significant boost for ethanol and biodiesel sales in the state, said Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable …

Gov. Terry Branstad will administer the oath of office to the three recently appointed Iowa Supreme Court justices on June 3 at 2 p.m. in the House chamber of the Capitol. A reception for Justices …

Vice President Joseph Biden and congressional leaders left a meeting on the debt limit Tuesday night saying they were on track to find $1 trillion in deficit cuts, The Hill reported.

“We are confident that …

Rick Santorum is preparing to formally announce his candidacy for president in the next couple of weeks, CNN reported.

Santorum will make a major announcement regarding his plans for the Republican presidential nomination during the …