by admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Politics & Government
Republican candidate Bob Vander Plaats says it’s too early to say who he might pick as a lieutenant governor running mate if he wins the G.O.P.’s 2010 gubernatorial nomination. But Vander Plaats is making his objectives clear and in the process is...
by admin | Apr 7, 2008 | Business, Education
State lawmakers are considering a new code of conduct for colleges and lenders handling student loans. Legislators started raising concerns last fall, fearing Iowa’s universities were working too closely with a private student loan agency and failing to...
by admin | Mar 5, 2008 | Education, Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Steve King wants to pull the plug on federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of its website aimed at providing sex-oriented information to teens. King, a Republican from Kiron, says he’s disturbed by some of the items available which he...
by admin | Mar 18, 2004 | Politics & Government
Poor Iowa women carrying a deformed fetus would not be able to get an abortion at taxpayers’ expense under legislation pending at the statehouse. Under current law, a poor woman can get a taxpayer-financed abortion at the University Hospitals in Iowa City if the...
by admin | Aug 6, 2002 | Crime & Courts
Planned Parenthood has won at least a temporary reprieve from a demand for pregnancy test records from its Storm Lake clinic. A dead baby boy was found in a Storm Lake recycling center in May, and Buena Vista County authorities are trying to track down the...
