A lot of tears in West Des Moines right now. Regency Homes is laying off employees as a result of the housing crisis. I'm told it's ...

It's 3:35pm. The jury is ready to give its verdict. Defendants Jane Barto and Karen Tesdell have arrived from their hotel. We're sti...

The jurors WILL reach a verdict today in the CIETC salary scandal trial in Davenport. Guarantee it. No, just kidding. Just wishful thinking....

Day 2 has been far from titillating so far here at the federal courthouse in Davenport. Sure would be nice to be a fly on the wall in the ju...

Why exactly did we hurry here to the federal courthouse in Davenport this morning? I suppose it's paranoia. I didn't want to be loll...

You know, they say we reporters need to stay neutral. We need to stay unbiased. Don't let who we like get in the way of our job. But it...

(This was my view at Billy Joel. Yeah, I know the camera phone pic stinks. I'm looking for a new phone). Billy Joel was the entertainer ...

Today, Governor Chet Culver signed the smoking bill in the Statehouse rotunda before I'd guess 300-400 people who gathered on two floors...

I don't even know how many emails our station has received from people who are "interested" in the University of Iowa research...

Richard Running took the stand too uncomfortably close to the end of the day for us. We were pushing to get our stories ready for the 5pm ne...

Richard Running is waiting his turn. He's the former Director of Iowa Workforce Development, the state organization that was supposed to...

Jack Cline, we know now, also became Ramona Cunningham's gambling partner back in the day. Klein, a former supervisor at CIETC, said he ...

We have a quick break, so I need to catch up. Another former CIETC'er, Pamela Jones, said at one point she asked Ramona Cunningham if sh...

Sex, lies and rubber stamps. How can today compare with that? David Stanley is on the stand right now. He's another former CIETC'er....

Sex, a rubber stamp and now we have gambling on company time...and your dime. Chuck Brooks, who is Archie Brooks' big brother, said he, ...

The rain might be playing a bigger role here in Davenport. This is at least the second time Archie Brooks has asked for a question to be rep...

The man who didn't want to talk to Brooks doesn't seem all that interested in what Brooks is saying on the stand. Well, unless he fu...

I have CIETC duty today. It's my first day covering this now in its fourth day here in Davenport. It's a miserable-looking today out...

It's 11:37am here at the Iowa Statehouse. The smoking debate has just started (again) in the house. A few minutes ago, Majority Leader K...

Hillary Clinton and her husband raked in $109 million in the past eight years. But she needs money. Barack Obama is schooling her on how to ...