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Senate File 460 passed through the Iowa Senate with flying colors. The legislation was unanimously supported, 48-0. Yet it did not advantage past its...

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry apprehended a 46-year-old Syrian man who attempted to sneak into the...

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Donor privacy is an issue that’s generating some buzz these days, particularly at the State Capitol. House File 697, a bill sponsored by Rep....

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Cigna (Express Scripts) to cap out-of-pocket...

Iowa has not completely defunded Planned Parenthood, yet. But it has an opportunity to do so. Currently there is $260,000 of federal funding that...

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a number of previously deported foreign nationals convicted of sex crimes, after they illegally entered the U.S. in...

The Iowa Senate Education Committee approved a bill that would allow pupils who are siblings to be assigned to the same classroom if requested...

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced yesterday that more than 750 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will be temporarily reassigned to America’s southwest...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a significant amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement Tuesday on calls from Democrats to abolish the Electoral College. “The U.S. system of government...

Senate File 523, a bill that related to the nonconsensual cause of death of and serious injury to an unborn person, will not receive...

JW President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss how House Democrats are planning to vote on...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted methamphetamine and cocaine in two separate enforcement actions this past...

A bill that would prohibit water pollution control projects from including the acquisition of real property by a private entity for future donation or...

Republicans on the House Government Oversight Committee voted in favor of a bill that would remove the responsibility of publishing proposed constitutional amendments from...

Alfie's Law, House File 594, was passed unanimously through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senator Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) managed the bill, which has...

There's a new social media movement that is prepping for the 2020 presidential election. The movement can be found on Twitter and on Instagram. David...

Apprentices from Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa (ABC) were recently among the 168 craft trainees and apprentices from across the country that traveled...