Now that the Iowa legislature has finished its work for the session, much of our attention now looks ahead to the primary and general electi...

Maybe it's because I just spent four days in Florida to catch my Cardinals at spring training, but some sports headlines are grabbing my...

A friend called to say he was a bit concerned about the story we aired about day 3 of the government oversight hearings into the money scand...

It's always a little weird coming back to work on a Saturday, since most people I know don't work on the weekends. At least the Iowa...

Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter tonight. Both flavors of Iowa politicians are jumping to social media to get on the UNI Panthe...

Representative Wayne Ford, the Democrat from Des Moines, wouldn't tell us last night whether he planned to retire. He said if he had new...

Des Moines Representative Wayne Ford has served in the Iowa House of Representatives for seven terms. It sounds more and more like there wil...

Governor Chet Culver held a news conference in the Iowa Statehouse rotunda Monday morning, just down the hall from the heavenly scent of Hic...

This afternoon, the government oversight committee looks into Iowa's latest financial scandal. No offense to my home state of Illinois, ...

The Associated Press reports 37 illegal immigrants busted in the raid at the Agriprocessors meat-packing plant in Postville, Iowa, will have...

Iowa Family Policy Center President Chuck Hurley argues being gay is worse for Iowa than smoking. Here's part of a statement he sent out...

Here are a few quick observations from the bill-signing ceremony where Governor Chet Culver signed the reorganization bill into law. Culver ...

I knew this year would be an interesting year in politics. This just in...Al Bundy is running for the Iowa senate. Hit it, Ol' blue eyes...

I'm catching up on email as I wait to head over to Governor Culver's bill signing for the "reorg bill". Everyone at the st...

My day featured one former Iowa high school teacher versus another former Iowa high school teacher. Oh, and one happens to be the governor. ...

The Iowa house just passed a texting ban that now includes a lot more than just a texting ban. But it's not longer for adults. It'...

Iowa's race for governor is getting some national attention. It might not be the national attention Governor Chet Culver wants as an inc...

The state agency charged with helping to keep Iowa safe has had its website "compromised", according to the Des Moines Register . ...

I'm getting ready to head over to Governor Chet Culver's noon-time news conference at the Iowa statehouse on his trip to Iraq. Criti...

It's either been a really rough start or a really big success for the Cash for Appliance program. It replaced the Cash for Clunkers prog...