Women outnumber men in Iowa’s state government, but earned a lower median salary last year. The new state salary database, released Thursday, includes nearly 60,000 employees with a combined payroll of $3.02 billion for the year that ended June 30. The state employed 32,788 women last year with a median salary of $45,675, compared [...]

Governor-elect Terry Branstad announced Tuesday that he has selected Ottumwa native Mike Carroll to direct the nuts-and-bolts operations of state government as head of Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) when the new Branstad/Reynolds administration assumes power next month. Carroll, 57, who currently resides in Clive, has served as vice president and a partner at [...]