Rep. Mike Flood was at the top of the headlines this week drawing the most reactions and comments from Journal Star Facebook ...

Nebraska Congressman Mike Flood was confronted at a town hall Monday night and mocked on late-night TV afterward. But even some critics walked away tipping their caps.

Severe storms struck the Midwest this weekend, dumping around a foot of rain on Milwaukee, causing flooding that canceled the ...

Excessive rainfall in Wisconsin caused flash flooding this weekend, leading to inundated roads, flooded basements and an ...

Hundreds of people cheered Sen. Ruben Gallego at a town hall meeting in eastern Iowa Saturday as the first-term Arizona ...

The first-term Arizona Democrat assailed the massive, Republican-backed tax bill signed by President Donald Trump as likely ...

Earlier in the evening, officials announced that the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert scheduled for Saturday evening had been canceled because of the severe weather and flooding.

One called abortion a “barbaric practice.” Another referred to himself as a “zealot” for the anti-abortion movement. Several ...

Also in this week's Government Notes, Cedar Rapids has been recognized for its McLoud Run flood control project ...

The lakes and multmillion-dollar homes around them were subsidized by public tax dollars. But, in Valley, those lakes are private. The city’s use of “TIF” has led to talk of ...

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