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One of the best measurements for assessing any political junkie's addiction is how intently he or she is focused on Early Nominating States like Iowa and New Hampshire, especially the former , and particularly early in presidential cycles when it's objectively crazy to be making any real judgments.

Week eighteen is done and we are going into week nineteen of the session. Various conference committees continue to work through the budget, education reform, property tax reform, health care reform, and a few other bills.

After spending last weekend at the Heartland Coalfield Alliance's retreat in the Illinois coal basin region, I'm more inspired than ever.

Iowa lawmakers have adjourned the 2013 session after reaching deals to cut property taxes, revise education policy and provide health care for low-income residents.

Sgt. Ross Gundlach of Madison, Wis., went on more than 150 missions with Casey, the yellow lab that helped him find improvised explosive devices.

The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.

A bi-partisan agreement reached by Iowa lawmakers last week will keep the Luster Heights correctional facility open next year.

After staunchly opposing an expansion of Iowa's Medicaid program using federal funds, Gov.

State lawmakers are working to finalize bipartisan agreements on tax relief, school reform, more health-care coverage for needy Iowans, and an increased state budget plan before adjourning what some regarded as a landmark session.

He insists he's not running for president, but Governor Scott Walker will be in Iowa Thursday at an event that's seen appearances by previous Republican presidential hopefuls.

Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass was named superintendent of the Eagle County School District on a 5-0 vote Wednesday night.

The state legislature has approved an education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.

The Southern Iowa Economic Development Association is assisting Jefferson County residents who apply for the state's disaster grant program to recover from flood damage.

As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps.

A pair of Eastern Iowa lawmakers are hoping to help the Legislature toward adjournment by offering a bipartisan compromise on two key issues that have generated interest in recent years.

HIAWATHA, Iowa- More than ten years ago, Iowa made it a law to move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles at the side of the road.

Kirsten Anderson served as communications director for the Iowa state Senate GOP caucus until Friday, when she was fired just hours after raising concerns about a pattern of sexual harassment in the workplace, she claimed in an interview with Iowa's WHO TV .

May 21 - Gov. Scott Walker continues to travel the country in pursuit of his national political ambitions, instead of focusing on his job in Wisconsin.

People walk by the Westward mural in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday February 1, 2011.