DELHI – It may be a vacation home mecca, but tax records show the houses around Lake Delhi are fairly evenly distributed between palatial palaces and humble abodes. “We have the full spectrum, Delaware County Assessor Jodi Cahalan said Monday Aug. 2). She described the 830 homes in the Lake Delhi tax district that are [...]

MORAVIA – The current administrator of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division said Monday he is in the process of implementing new controls and structural changes designed to prevent future questionable expenditures or lavish purchases like ones identified in a recent state audit. “It’s been a lot of work,” said Steve Larson, a former state deputy [...]

Johnson County Republicans will host a grand opening event from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at their campaign headquarters at 107 5th St., Coralville. Sen. Kim Reynolds, candidate for lieutenant governor, will be attending. The event is free event to all interested voters. Refreshments will be served. Yard Signs and campaign information will be [...]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey will visit the Noelridge Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids Aug. 4 to help celebrate “National Farmers Market Week,” which runs through Aug. 7. Iowa is a national leader in the number of farmers markets with more than 220 markets registered with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. [...]

UPDATED Former Gov. Terry Branstad picked up the endorsement of a leading Iowa employers’ group Monday (Aug. 2) despite Gov. Chet Culver’s efforts to revive the state’s sagging economy. The Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s (ABI) Political Action Committee endorsed Branstad, a Republican who served four terms between 1983 and 1999 saying Iowa needs [...]

DES MOINES – Net state tax collections opened the 2011 fiscal year with a flat showing in July, totaling $2.3 million below the same month one year ago, according to the Legislative Services Agency’s monthly report issued Monday. Last month’s 3.8 percent increase in personal income tax receipts was offset by a 7.2 percent dive [...]

U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner will be in Iowa Sept. 2 for a $250 per couple National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraiser, Rep. Tom Latham announced Aug. 2. Dennis Albaugh if Ankeny is hosting the reception. The NRCC is hoping to elect at least 39 new Republicans to gain control of the House. RSVP [...]

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine is planning to visit the Iowa State Fair Aug. 17, according to Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky. Kaine will attend other Democratic events in the area, she added.

DES MOINES – Sunday’s political rhetoric over the same-sex marriage issue was as hot as the August sun as traditionalists called November’s election a “test of faith” and first-lady Mari Culver took her first public stance defending an Iowa court decision legalizing civil marriages for gays and lesbians. “I honor our court’s decision,” Culver told [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Midway through a weekend of fundraising events for Iowa Republicans, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty tried to keep the focus on them and their races this fall. “I don’t want to be cute about 2012,” he said Aug. 1 on his third visit to the first-in-the-nation caucus state since the 2008 election. Pawlenty, [...]