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The time of the year to talk about certified school budgets has come. During the regular Monday meeting of the Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) Board of Education, Executive Director of ...

The House Oversight Committee recommended last week that the Clintons be held in contempt for refusing to testify about their ...

Speaker Mike Johnson’s ability to carry out President Donald Trump's “play call” for funding the government is being put to ...

When President Donald Trump looks like he’s gearing up to meddle in an election, still-raw history suggests he should be believed.

House lawmakers passed an initial set of bipartisan bills to finish funding the government through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2026, Sept. 30, but Democrats rebelled against the plan en masse in ...

Duncan was a standard-issue suburban Republican serving as lieutenant governor until the 2020 election, when he rejected President Donald Trump's false claims about fraud. His stand earned him the ...

The House Rules Committee voted tonight to advance the legislation, the final step before it can go to the floor for a vote ...

President Donald Trump is imploring the House to end the partial government shutdown. But neither Republicans nor Democrats appear ready to quickly approve the federal funding package he brokered with ...

Republican leadership in the House is hoping to begin the process of reopening the government by advancing a funding package ...

The House Rules Committee on Monday night advanced legislation to end a partial government shutdown, teeing up what will be a tight vote on the House floor for House Republican leadership. The ...

The Census this week released new state population estimates. That helped project what the Electoral College will look like after the 2030 Census.