Republican State Senator Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott says Iowa State and UNI have similar centers on campus and this would do similar work. “This bill creates a huge step forward in ...

The Iowa Senate has given its final approval to the proposed amendment. It would require that “super majorities” of at least 34 state senators and 67 representatives approve any future ...

IT PASSED THE IOWA SENATE IN A 38 TO 7 VOTE THAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY. KCCI OPHELIA JACOBSON IS LIVE AT THE STATE HOUSE THIS EVENING. AND OPHELIA, YOU WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THIS ...

Democratic contender Nathan Sage, the executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, is launching a Senate bid to take on Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) next year in Iowa. Sage made that ...

Ernst, who is running for her third Senate term in 2026, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard after 23 years of military service, but Sage claimed that the Republican ...

Sage’s background could make him a compelling candidate against Ernst, the first woman veteran elected to the Senate. He grew up poor in an Iowa trailer park before enlisting in the U.S. Marine ...

The Iowa Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday to raise the bar that future lawmakers must clear to increase income taxes. Senate Joint Resolution 11 would require a two-thirds ...

The Iowa Senate gave the final approval for a bill allowing Iowa’s regent universities to sue their accredditors if they lose accreditation for following state law on Thursday. The bill, House File ...

Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced a bill requiring state agencies to submit legislative proposals to Iowa lawmakers annually to pitch their plans for how to use the state’s millions in opioid settlement ...