With his latest book-length essay, "A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys and Other Wild Places" (Timber Press), Brown rises to a level of acute observation ...

Members of the Iowa Board of Regents praised the state universities for the efforts that have brought them nearly in ...

The industry is taking a victory lap — and betting its lavish and bipartisan spending translates to influence in Washington.

The 44-year-old Hiawatha Democrat says what she offers voters is "working for a government that works for its people." ...

Grayson Capitol and city officials staged a groundbreaking on Wednesday ... of Iowa and joins the Star after working at newspapers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa.

Harris and Trump made their final pitches to voters Monday in the same part of Pennsylvania, at roughly the same time, ...

The Des Moines International Airport has two projects underway and travelers can expect to see big changes. The first project ...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory and invited him to a meeting at the White House during the presidential transition ...

The University of Iowa plans to move ahead with the purchase of a mall in the central part of campus with approval from the ...

I forgot honorable political concessions were a thing that can be done in America. But Kamala Harris did it, ruining my ...

Sarah McBride just became the first openly trans politician elected to U.S. Congress. And there's been a long journey to make that history.

Hoye most recently worked at Advocacy Strategies, a multiclient firm based in West Des Moines providing legislative analysis ...