World & Nation
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
July 12, 2023
An Iowa Supreme Court decision is holding back the state’s solidly Republican Legislature and governor from banning abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade.
May 24, 2022
A bill raising the speed limit to 65 m.p.h. on most interstate highways in Iowa was approved Saturday by the state Legislature.
May 10, 1987
The national fight over same-sex marriage is coming to a peak in Iowa, where the state’s highest court will hear arguments next month over whether the state’s ban on gay unions is unconstitutional.
Nov. 27, 2008
In the heart of America, supposed bastion of Richard Nixon’s silent majority during the Vietnam War, the peace movement has grown into a vast patchwork quilt, a piece here, a piece there.
March 3, 1991
Vermont Legislature gives final OK to gay marriage
April 8, 2009
Politics
Last fall, as a mounting insurance crisis began stripping local governments, businesses and professionals of their liability coverage, backers of a proposed California ballot initiative argued that a way to help lick the crisis was to set limits on jury awards in personal injury lawsuits.
May 19, 1986
Elderly and sick inmates could be transferred from Iowa prisons to nursing homes under a state plan.
Jan. 22, 1995
There wasn’t much mystery last week about who would be elected to the state Legislature or California’s delegation to the U.S.
Nov. 10, 2002
Top of the Ticket
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July 14, 2009