Terry Branstad News

Iowa has reached a tentative agreement with federal officials on a plan to expand the number of low-income state residents eligible for Medicaid under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, Iowa's governor said on Thursday.

By: Tim Seaman tseaman@kcautv.com It's a sound, last heard at the Pacific Coast Feather plant on October 4th.

By: Tim Seaman tseaman@kcautv.com It's a sound, last heard at the Pacific Coast Feather plant on October 4th.

By: Tim Seaman tseaman@kcautv.com It's a sound, last heard at the Pacific Coast Feather plant on October 4th.

The White House welcomed the news Thursday night that Iowa's Republican Gov. Terry Branstad agreed to expand his state's Medicaid program under the administration's health-care law.

The head of the task force that investigated the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo calls its closure a tough decision, but the right decision.

The Revenue Estimating Conference met Thursday to project the state revenue numbers that Gov. Terry Branstad will use to craft his next budget plan.

Iowa lawmakers will have just short of $7 billion dollars to work with when they reconvene next month to craft a budget for the state's coming fiscal year.

In this edition of "The Ethanol Report", Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen comments on an Associated Press article about ethanol and the environment Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt.

Iowa public employee pension systems are financially sound, however, the Legislature should "top off" those funds to ensure the state meets its obligations, according to a report from an Iowa City-based think tank.

Tom Hoefling of Lohrville today announced his intention to enter the 2014 Republican primary race against incumbent Governor Terry Branstad.

The governor has filled a judgeship opening in Iowa's 5C Judicial District. The office of Gov. Terry Branstad said Wednesday that he selected Jeffrey Farrell to become a district court judge.

Federal officials balked at letting the state collect premiums from Iowa participants who live at or below the poverty line DES MOINES - The federal government's mixed response to Iowa's request for a waiver on the new Iowa Health and Wellness Plan drew mixed reviews from state lawmakers Wednesday.

Gov. Terry Branstad will join state officials and community economic development groups on a trip to New York this week aimed at building the state's relationships with insurance and financial services industry executives.

The Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo continues to violate state laws on seclusion -- one year after being taken to task for unlawfully keeping children in isolation cells for extended periods, disability advocates said Tuesday.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act tend to suggest expanded coverage resulting from the law's Medicaid expansion somehow doesn't really count as success.

The 2013 legislative session was like a Christmas morning with bicycles and PlayStation 4s and wait, is that a pony? It was quite a haul, legislatively speaking.

All the girls at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo are being relocated, state officials announced this afternoon.

Self-funded "outsider" Republicans running for major offices are often aligned with the Tea Folk, sometimes out of personal conviction, sometimes because it's easy for them to strike poses without the inconvenience of a voting or governing record.

A central Iowa family is picking up the pieces after a late night fire caused extensive damage to a home they had just moved into.