The Iowa Senate is planning to debate a spending bill that includes an assortment of measures including a 4 percent increase in funding for school districts for the fiscal year beginning in July.

The Senate began debate Monday on a Republican effort to overturn new labor regulations that make it easier and quicker for unions to hold workplace elections. The White House immediately threatened to veto it.

With little debate, a Senate committee voted Friday to nix Minneapolis#39; most sought-after provision in the Vikings stadium bill: Target Center upgrades.

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On the eve of Tax Day, Senate Republicans voted to block a measure that would have made mega-investor Warren Buffett and millionaires like him pay at least a 30 percent tax rate. Although Buffett endorses such a rule, Senate Republicans call it an election year gimmick. Their Democratic counterparts insist it#39;s all about fairness.