Terry Branstad

 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Iowa and Nebraska are withdrawing from an association of Missouri River states and tribes because of a dispute over how to manage the river, which flooded large parts of both states last summer. Representatives for Nebraska...

A group of leading Iowa Republicans left New Jersey on Tuesday without a firm commitment from Gov. Chris Christie to reconsider a presidential run. But speculation about the tough-talking Republican promises to live on with his pledge to help shape the...

North Dakota’s governor said he thinks Missouri River states might collectively do a better job of managing flooding along the river than the Army Corps of Engineers, although it would require a change in the law before states could override the...

Iowa's Republican governor sent a warning to Mitt Romney on Wednesday: Don't write off the Hawkeye State. Terry Branstad, a former four-term governor who returned to office this year, said at a forum hosted by Politico that the GOP front-runner is...

The Republican presidential candidates most actively courting Iowa voters are set to speak Saturday afternoon at a gathering of social conservatives, one of the biggest cattle calls remaining before the Jan. 3 caucuses. Saturday's Thanksgiving Family...

A gathering of GOP presidential candidates on Saturday was unlike any other this year, when instead of finger-pointing and slashing at one another's records, they told deeply personal tales about faith, family and failures that left half of the six...

 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A ruthless businessman who built one of the nation's largest egg production operations from scratch even as he racked up environmental and labor violations is getting out of the business in disgrace after one scandal was...

Gov. Terry Branstad says he and legislative leaders are making progress on budget talks and that he's confident they will reach a compromise. At his weekly news conference Monday, the governor expressed optimism, saying a bargaining session late last...

Gov. Terry Branstad is warning that a budget and property tax plan working its way through the Iowa Senate is not acceptable. Although he objects to parts of the plan, Branstad noted Tuesday that he's confident he can reach a compromise with Democrats...

The Iowa Senate has approved several spending measures as it moves to pass a compromise $5.9 billion budget supported by majority Democrats. The Senate on Tuesday approved measures financing the state's economic development and transportation...

Gov. Terry Branstad is blaming Democrats for protracted budget negotiations, saying they haven't adjusted to the reality that Republicans control the House and governor's office. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Branstad singled out...

With bargaining stalled, Democrats running the Iowa Senate are making plans to pass their own version of a state budget early next week. Sen. Bob Dvorsky, who heads the Senate Appropriations Committee, says plans are in place beginning Monday to assemble...