Terry Branstad

In 2019, a jury found that the state’s former anti-LGBTQ governor discriminated against a gay political appointee. The state’s Republican-led Supreme Court just overturned that decision.

One of the former Republican governor’s first moves in office was to try to get rid of this state employee.

U.S. Rep. Steve King’s brand of “freedom” and “liberty” expand the already wide cultural and political divide further.

DES MOINES, Iowa — This was probably not the way Gov. Terry Branstad wanted to spend his Thanksgiving week: Being questioned under oath for hours about his treatment of a gay former state administrator.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Deep in the nation’s Bible Belt, new signs emerged this weekend of an evolution among Republican governors on gay marriage, an explosive social issue that has divided America’s families and politics for years. While the Republican Party’s religious conservatives continue to fight against same-sex marriage, its governors appear to be…

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill designed to crack down on so-called cyber-bullying failed to advance in the Iowa state legislature this year, but Gov. Terry Branstad plans to keep working to toughen Iowa’s anti bullying laws.

Iowa’s Republican Governor Terry Branstad on Monday said “there’s no connection at all between Iowa’s debate over gay marriage rights and the death of Waterloo teen Marcellus Andrews.”

In a sharply worded email, Iowa House Republican Speaker Pro-Tempore Jeff Kaufmann rebuked former gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats, asserting that he quickly losing political credibility.

Iowa’s Republican Governor-elect Terry Branstad has renewed his call for a statewide vote to ban gay marriage, and has called the Democratic State Senate Majority Leader a dictator for not allowing senators to take up the matter.

More than a year after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex marriage in the “Hawkeye” state, the argument continues, taking stage at last night’s debate between gubernatorial candidates Chet Culver, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican rival Terry Branstad.