Terry Branstad News

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.

Main Street Washington was honored Friday evening as the economic development program won a business development success story recognition for its work with JP's 207.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took a swipe at an Iowa state senator Monday for her change-of-heart on a statewide fuel tax increase.

Gov. Terry Branstad told fellow Iowa Executive Council members Monday he is still pushing to get the yearly salaries increased for their positions in 2014, but he's not optimistic given the legislative reception the proposal received last week.

Samantha Ellingson, a student at Washington High School, was recognized by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt.

One likely topic for Gov. Terry Branstad's weekly news conference underway now likely will be the firing of an Iowa Senate Republican communications staffer who claimed she was the target of sexual harassment.

Gov. Eloy S. Inos signed Friday afternoon a letter requesting Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper to have former attorney general Edward Buckingham "arrested, secured and delivered" into the U.S. Marshals Service's custody, for extradition to the CNMI.

Despite her fears, Chloe Burkart, a third-grader at Black Hawk Elementary School, approached the front of her classroom to ask Iowa Gov.

Gov. Eloy S. Inos signed Friday afternoon a letter requesting Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper to place former attorney general and now fugitive from justice Edward Buckingham in the U.S. Marshals Service custody, to be extradited to the CNMI.

Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wis., sits with Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony on May 17 in Des Moines, Iowa.