The Iowa legislature's second "funnel" deadline passed on Friday, which means that most non-appropriations bills are dead unless they have been approved in one chamber and in at least one committee in the other chamber. It's time to catch up on the mos... »
Expanding nuclear power is again a hot topic at the Iowa statehouse. It's not clear whether Iowa Senate Commerce Committee Chair Matt McCoy can find the votes he needs to advance House File 561. McCoy announced last week that new language in the bill w... »
The U.S. Postal Service announced yesterday that it will keep mail processing facilities in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids open, saving hundreds of jobs. The two Iowa facilities potentially on the chopping block beat the odds, judging from this background p... »
On Saturday night the Des Moines Register announced the major stops on the 2012 Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). The 471-mile ride will start in Sioux Center on July 21 and end in Clinton on July 28. Overnight stops are after th... »
The Republican Party of Iowa will not declare Rick Santorum the winner of the Iowa caucuses, even though he leads Mitt Romney by a few dozen votes according to the certified results, and led Romney unofficially in the eight precincts where results coul... »
Governor Terry Branstad delivers his "Condition of the State" address to the Iowa House and Senate this morning. Iowa Public Television will livestream the speech here, and I'll update this post later with highlights. The governor's commercial property... »
I must be the last Iowa blogger to weigh in on Stephen Bloom's "Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life" for The Atlantic. Bloom's sneering take on the provincials in flyover country made him an instant punching bag in the local blogosphere. Todd Dorma... »
Iowa may see one of its biggest years ever for state highway construction, driven by lower bids from contractors and higher-than-expected state and federal funding. The Des Moines Register reports that during an average season, about $460 million is sp... »
