The U.S. Postal Service would have to continue Saturday mail delivery for two more years and would face a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices under a bill the U.S. Senate approved yesterday. Both of Iowa's senators voted for final passage... »
After several hours of delay due to a suspicious powder mailed to State Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, the Iowa House passed a bill last night to ban local governments from using "automated traffic law enforcement systems." The 58 to 40 vote didn't fo... »
The nice thing about a large majority, like the 60 to 40 Republican advantage in the Iowa House, is not needing every vote in your caucus for every bill. Members can oppose the party line when local interests are threatened without derailing the legisl... »
Most bills that lack bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate die by filibuster, but senators voted overwhelmingly yesterday to move forward with debate on a bill that would end tax breaks for oil companies. Last May, Senator Chuck Grassley helped Repub... »
Senate District 24 Registration: D 13188, R 14260, N 17261, total 44744, R +1072 Incumbent: Jerry Behn, R-Boone A lot has changed for Jerry Behn in the last year. Before his role in the Senate changed to party leader, his district got reconfigured so h... »
Senate District 23 Registration: D 14500, R 11363, N 17156, total 43178, D +3137 Incumbent: Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames; holdover seat Herman Quirmbach went from the Ames city council to the Senate in 2002, winning a bit of a primary upset when Johnie Ham... »
Well. looks like I was wrong. Joe Seng DID make the 2nd CD primary ballot after all. I've heard reports they were collecting sigs as late as last night; someone want to check them over closely? What else we got here on the last day: As expected, Republ... »
Polk County Supervisor E.J. Giovannetti said Wednesday that he would not seek re-election to the board in November. Giovannetti, 70, was elected in 2002 and is completing his third term.advertisment »
