Kathie Obradovich

The Iowa House voted Wednesday to "wipe out" the sales tax on toilet paper, saving Iowans more than $9 million a year by 2030.

Iowa's majority party turned down another opportunity to this week to improve the lives of elderly residents in nursing homes.

The Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to ban the use of handheld cellphones and other devices behind the wheel -- and then raised the speed limit.

An Iowa Senate committee advanced legislation Wednesday imposing work requirements for Medicaid eligibility.

Schools could engage religious chaplains under a bill that Republican lawmakers advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee on Tuesday.

The bill that would strip state aid from public libraries based on memberships of certain state and national library associations.

Lawmakers advanced a bill addressing disciplinary action against teachers who “groom” students with the intent to “exploit” them.

Lawmakers in an Iowa House subcommittee unanimously advanced legislation Tuesday allowing drivers to use only handsfree devices.

Unsupervised teens could provide care to children of any age in child care centers under a bill that advanced Wednesday in the Iowa House.

Democratic legislative leaders cited some issues Thursday that could see bipartisan support in the upcoming session.

Iowa Capital Dispatch on Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of its launch on Jan. 7, 2020. We've come a long way.

Tax cuts will reduce Iowa's tax revenues about $600 million this fiscal year compared to last year, state officials projected Thursday.

Iowans in two central-Iowa precincts got to cast their ballots in slightly more festive surroundings: wineries.

Precinct Chair Matthew Peirce said some ballots were cut about millimeter and half too wide to slide easily into machine. 

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Thursday that she said would help deliver services to military veterans and close a gap in eligibility.

The Iowa House voted Tuesday to diminish the role and authority of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission will eliminating 74 other panels.

The Iowa House rejected a proposal Wednesday to require annual inspections of all state-licensed dog breeding facilities.

Representatives of Iowa law enforcement on Wednesday praised an Iowa House bill to regulate traffic cameras.

Iowa lawmakers are taking another stab at trying to control traffic cameras even as a separate bill would outlaw them.

“The lawmakers who are making these decisions must think they’re never going to need long-term skilled care.”