Scientific Games of Alpharetta, Ga., is the apparent winner of an Iowa Lottery contract worth $50.3 million to supply the state's lottery game computer system for the next decade.
The DeCoster family gave $375,000 in the past four years to the Democratic Governors Association, which is the top financial supporter of Gov. Chet Culver's re-election campaign, federal records show.
A Fairfield Democrat who wants to be Iowa's next agriculture secretary said Thursday he would do more to ensure food safety and timely inspections that would avoid the potential for repeats of the massive egg recall linked to salmonella contamination at Iowa production facilities.
Unemployment insurance rates paid by Iowa's 80,000 employers will be adjusted upward beginning Jan. 1, 2011, to compensate for a higher unemployment rate and the fact that more Iowans are remaining jobless longer, Iowa Workforce Development officials said Thursday.
ANKENY, Iowa -- A state panel gave preliminary approval Thursday to 23 projects to receive $30 million in the latest round of I-JOBS funding for disaster prevention measures.
MASON CITY, Iowa -- A state legislator claimed Thursday that former Gov. Terry Branstad shares responsibility for Iowa's 2008 flood damage because of his inaction on flood prevention plans when he was governor.
CHARLES CITY, Iowa -- The Iowa Supreme Court won't review the conviction of a Charles City teen convicted in June on charges of first-degree murder and sexual abuse.
A new study prepared in cooperation with the Iowa Utilities Board found that one-third of Iowa households don't have broadband service, not entirely because of a lack of access.
Voter registration numbers edged up in August, and with just three weeks until early voting starts, Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro reports there are 2,102,528 Iowans registered to vote in the 2010 general election.
Gov. Chet Culver asked the Iowa Department of Transportation on Thursday to accelerate plans to install cable barriers in the medians of Iowa's interstate highway system in an effort to reduce traffic fatalities.
August was the deadliest month on Iowa's roadways in more than three years. Senior Trooper Mark Domino, of the Iowa State Patrol's Mason City post, says 50 people died on Iowa highways in August.
There's $10 billion for schools in the state aid bill Congress passed last month. But some school systems have reason to wonder whether they are going to see the money.
