Stephen Gruber-Miller covers the Iowa Statehouse and politics for the Register. He can be reached by email at ...

High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first "funnel" deadline on Friday, while others ...

The bill signing by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has previously protected.

Steven Payne's family say he was a man of few words with a love of surfing. He was five weeks into a six-month caravan trip with his partner of 12 years and dog when he was killed by a shark.

Steven Payne, 37, was surfing off Wharton Beach — a remote area of Western Australia about 480 miles from Perth — when the shark mauled him Monday afternoon, the Australian Broadcasting ...

The couple were just weeks into a holiday around Australia when he died. Steven Jeffrey Payne, 37, was surfing at Wharton Beach, about 780km southeast of Perth, when he was fatally attacked by a ...

TRAGIC tributes have been paid to Steven Payne after the "incredible mate" and surfer was killed by a shark in Australia. Devastated friends remembered 37-year-old Payne - whose gruesome death was ...

Friends and family of Steven Payne are paying tribute to their “incredible” mate and the “smart, kind, funny, laid back … gentle giant” – and say he would not support a cull.

Steven Payne, 37, from New Zealand, was just weeks into a six-month trip around Australia with his girlfriend and their dog when they stopped for a surf at Wharton Beach on Western Australia's ...

Melbourne man Steven Payne, 37, was on a six-month trip around the country travelling with his girlfriend and their pet dog when they stopped at a beach south-east of Perth. He was in the water at ...

The couple were just weeks into a holiday around Australia when he died. Steven Jeffrey Payne, 37, was surfing at Wharton Beach, about 780km southeast of Perth, when he was fatally attacked by a ...