Republicans Sen. Rob Portman retired in 2022 citing the brutal commute and a feeling that gridlock was getting worse in Washington. Interviews with the three Democrats who will leave at the end of ...

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Those of us who have memories longer than a goldfish know that President Donald Trump’s promise of a record-breaking $1 trillion defense budget for next year undercuts his promise to run a ...

House Speaker Pat Grassley, state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann and state Sen. Mike Bousselot are not ruling out running for Iowa ...

With support from State Sen. Rob Dover of Norfolk, the committee fully restored the program — including the “may” back to “shall” — by a show of at least five hands. State Sens.

State Sen. Rob Dover of Norfolk, a Republican, joined Prokop, Cavanaugh and Spivey, all Democrats, for the added increase. State Sens. Rob Clements of Elmwood, Christy Armendariz of Omaha ...

Part of the change came after the three senators and committee chair State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood met with Pillen and continued talking with university officials. State Sen. Ashlei Spivey of ...

Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPR's science desk. An award-winning science journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Stein mostly covers health and medicine. He tends ...