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The City Council last night approved a 2 percent franchise fee on natural gas and electricity bills in Iowa City — at least for now. The 4-2 vote came after three other ones on the franchise fee ended in ties during a special meeting The split occurred over whether to lower the fee to 1 percent. There [...]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Police say a man who twice ran for the Cedar Rapids City Council has been arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up the Linn County Courthouse.
The Iowa Legislature won’t tamper with health care benefits for state workers, but lawmakers say they intend to cut spending in all departments.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- Sioux City's mayor has selected one of the newly-elected council members as the next mayor pro-tem. Mike Hobart picked Tom Padgett for the position.
IOWA CITY - Two candidates for the Democratic nomination forU.S. Senate diasgree with President Barack Obama on sending 30,000more soldiers to Afghanistan .
Businessman Christian Fong announced Tuesday that he has suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor because the financial hurdles were too large to overcome. "That is 100 percent of the decision," Fong said. "We are entering the phase... Iowa - Republican - Christian Fong - Politics - United States
Two Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidates spoke to the Floyd County Republicans at the group’s meeting Monday night at the Charles City Library, 106 Milwaukee Mall.
Under Iowa Code Section 372, a mayor has two official roles in city government: Presiding officer of the city council and chief executive officer of the city.
DES MOINES, Iowa - Businessman Christian Fong announced Tuesday that he has suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor because the financial hurdles were too large to overcome.
DES MOINES – State Sen. Brad Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale, kicked off his campaign for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd District Thursday
The Iowa Electronic Markets has opened a Congressional control prediction market, giving traders the opportunity to predict the party alignment of Congress after next year's mid-term elections.