Senate Republicans are advancing a bill to give Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate more authority to gather voter records from ...

These dehumanizing proposals were wrong when Republicans set them aside last year, and they're still wrong, writes the Register's editorial board.

DES MOINES — An Iowa House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would restore the independence of the Office of ...

While a proposed bill in the Iowa legislature would not prevent the development of a Cedar Rapids casino, backers worry it ...

Among the issues Iowa lawmakers are aiming to address this legislative session, one has become a clear focal point: the state’s increasing cancer rates. Iowa has the fastest-growing rate of ...

A 19-year-old who admitted to driving drunk in a crash that killed a Des Moines couple was just sentenced to up to 20 years ...

Edna Griffin led one of the nation's first successful civil rights cases in 1948, challenging segregation at Katz Drug Store ...

CHARGES AT THIS TIME. ALSO BREAKING AT FOUR. WE HAVE LEARNED THE NAME OF A MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN DES MOINES FRIDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 25 YEAR OLD ARMANDO CRUZ LORENZO DIED AFTER BEING SHOT AT A ...

Casinos awarded a license this year couldn't be in a city’s urban renewal plan. Lawmakers say it doesn't halt Cedar Rapids' newly approved casino.

Hawkeyes columnist Chad Leistikow has served for 30 years with The Des Moines Register and USA TODAY Sports Network. Chad is the 2023 INA Iowa Sports Columnist of the Year and NSMA Co-Sportswriter of ...