A poll published by The Des Moines Register Saturday indicates fewer than half of Iowans asked approve of President Obama's job performance.

As Phomma Vanahthong's friends and family prepare for his funeral, they're beginning a painful process that many Iowa families go through every year.

New unemployment numbers show that the rate in Iowa has climbed to 6.7 percent, leaving more Iowans hoping to find seasonal work over the holidays.

According to the health department, both victims, an adult in Floyd County and an adult in Johnson County, had risk factors that increased the chance of complications from the H1N1 virus.

A study says the poorest Iowans paid nearly double the percentage of their income in taxes than the wealthiest paid, a gap the authors argue underscores the need to reform Iowa's tax system.

Tim Pawlenty insists that his political focus is on the upcoming 2010 election. But some Iowa Republicans are thinking of Pawlenty in terms of 2012.

Aides to Gov. Chet Culver say the state is no longer negotiating with one state employee union about concessions aimed at avoiding layoffs.

Chet Culver's job approval has fallen to a critical new low, and former Gov. Terry Branstad poses a major potential threat to Culver's re-election, according to The Des Moines Register's new Iowa Poll.

Thirteen states have laws that let people use marijuana for medical purposes. Should Iowa endorse medical marijuana? Governor Culver says no.

Iowa has a lot of classic car owners and many of them answered the call when NewsChannel 8 asked to see and even take a ride in some of the hottest sets of wheels around.

State Sen. Roger Stewart says he won't seek re-election to the Iowa Senate next year.

Some are standing in line for hours, others are going to their local school, and in some cases a mobile health van is delivering the H-1-N-1 flu vaccine to rural Iowa towns.

Two more people have died from the H1N1 flu virus in Iowa. The Department of Public Health says the victims are two Polk County adults with risk factors that increased the chance of complications.

Iowa could end 2009 with its fewest traffic deaths in any year since World War II partly because of a new "data-driven" approach to patrolling the roads, state officials said Monday.

Alcohol continues to be the substance most frequently abused by Iowans. However, a new report out Monday shows marijuana and methamphetamine are the two most abused illicit drugs in the state, while abuse of prescription medicine appears to be on the rise.

Last month, Gov. Chet Culver ordered a 10 percent across-the-board cut in the state budget, a percentage more than twice as large as any such cut in the state's recorded history.

An aide said Friday lawyer Roxanne Conlin intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010 and the right to oppose Republican Sen.

Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley announced Friday that he is withdrawing from the campaign for governor.

Four additional Iowa influenza-related H1N1 deaths are being reported today by the Iowa Department of Public Health , and one of the new fatalities is not attributable to risk factors associated with an additional medical condition.

A movement is under way that aims to undo the marriage licenses given to same-sex couples since the Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay and lesbian marriages in April.