IOWA CITY — State Sen. Mark Chelgren, an Ottumwa Republican, is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa City, for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat in 2016, Chelgren announced ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa state lawmaker said Thursday that he didn't mean to mislead anyone by claiming he had a business degree from a company that actually had awarded him a certificate for ...

A recent change in Iowa's tax code spared Mark Chelgren's machine shop, welding company and wheelchair-parts plant from paying sales tax when buying certain supplies such as saws and cutting fluid.

"Welcome to Iowa State University. May I take your paper, please?" A bill circulating in the Iowa state Senate would rate professors' performance based on student evaluations. Just student evaluations ...

The belief that universities are teeming with liberal professors is not new, but an Iowa senator’s response is unusual. State Sen. Mark Chelgren proposes that professors at Iowa State, Iowa and ...

TEMPERS FLARE IN SENATE: Two state senators broke into a shouting match on the Iowa Senate floor Tuesday over a health insurance bill. The accelerating verbal exchange was triggered when Sen. Mark ...

DES MOINES -- More people who are convicted or plead guilty to crimes would be required to provide DNA samples for profiling under a bill approved by the Iowa Senate on Monday. Senate File 2304, which ...

A recent change in Iowa's tax code spared Mark Chelgren's machine shop, welding company and wheelchair-parts plant from paying sales tax when buying certain supplies such as saws and cutting fluid.