Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate have agreed on a more than $9.42 billion state budget plan for the next fiscal year. House Appropriations Committee chairman Gary Mohr of Bettendorf is one of the negotiators. “Sure there are things that I would have probably done differently as an individual, but this is a give-and-take situation,” […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






