JOHNSTON, Iowa — Gov. Terry Branstad said Friday he would like to see elected officials in Iowa "lead by example" by paying for 20 percent of the cost of their state-provided health insurance coverage.
To get women revved up to campaign for President Barack Obama, the first lady spoke by conference call and speaker phone to Iowans gathered at eight campaign offices across the state tonight.
Thousands of Iowa students will pick up their No. 2 pencils to fill in tiny circles this month in a school-year ritual that may be as foreign to their children as desktop inkwells were to their parents.
Gov. Terry Branstad is warning that residential property owners could see a massive tax hike over the next decade if the Legislature doesn't clamp down on future increases, but city leaders say they have no intention of allowing taxes to soar and don't need the state interference.
Democrats plan to push for a $122 million boost in spending on local schools, but Republicans warn they won't agree to any spending until legislators overhaul the school finance system.
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.
