Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects ...

The 91st General Assembly reconvened at the Capitol for a full week of legislating. Last week, there were 144 new bill ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 29 The Washington Post on Trump's OMB pick The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday asked President Trump for an exemption for farmers on the sweeping tariffs he imposed ...

Senate Republicans released a funding proposal for the next school year, proposing a $235 million increase for K-12 students. The increase in state funding is in addition to the budget passed last ...

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the Iowa Senate. In a ...

A five-year moratorium on new casinos in Iowa passed the Iowa House this past Thursday afternoon and the same proposal has ...

Voters in Senate District 35 picked a Democrat, Iowa lawmakers considered bills relating to casino moratoriums, higher ...

Iowa lawmakers have about two weeks to pass state education funding in order to meet their self-imposed deadline. That deadline is 30 days from when the governo ...

Critics of State Rep. Pat Grassley took charge of a town hall meeting where he asked the public their priorities for this legislative session.

It’s hard to believe we’re already into the third week of the legislative session! Things have really kicked into gear here at the Capitol, and I want to update everyone on what we’ve been working on.

The House can debate multiple bills next week including: banning certain food dyes from school meals, and adding THC drinks to the state's "open container" law.