Government Policy and Law

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a pointed rebuttal on Friday to foreign critics who say the U.S. central bank’s easy-money policies are causing inflation and asset bubbles abroad, according to The Wall Street Journal.…

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has been appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to chair the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates’ (iJAG) board of directors. Established in 1999, iJAG works to help Iowa high school students who …

Russell Coco pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges resulting from the illegal removal of asbestos during a renovation of the Equitable Building, 604 Locust St. Coco worked on the project with real estate developer Bob Knapp, …

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) said that cutting Iowans’ personal income taxes by 20 percent would “help jump-start economic activity by job creators.”  The association, whose corporate members employ more than 300,000 …

President Barack Obama said at a news conference today that he will again push for corporate tax increases that Congress failed to enact in the past, Bloomberg reported.

His reasoning: “I continue to believe I’m …

Officials from the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) and Iowa’s pork and beef industries are taking part in a trade mission to Mexico this week, aiming to expand Iowa meat exports there.

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President Barack Obama’s budget cuts for 2012 hit far and wide, CNNMoney.com reported.

Airports, heat subsidies for the poor, water treatment plants and Pell grants are just some of the targets. In total, half of …

In its effort to put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, the Obama administration’s proposed budget supports a plan to give $7,500 directly to electric car buyers rather than make them wait …

President Barack Obama proposed a budget today that would cut the U.S. deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, setting the stage for a bitter fight with Republicans who vow even tougher spending controls, Reuters …