Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Iowa lawmakers decided to install metal detectors at the Iowa State Capitol as part of stepped-up security measures. By most accounts, the metal detectors ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Old Capitol building proudly sits in the center of the Pentacrest on the University of Iowa campus.

Curtis Scott, a retired Dallas County deputy sheriff who has worked the Capitol security detail for nine years, said he is less concerned by what he sees visitors try to bring into the Capitol than he ...

There is renewed interest in putting metal detectors at the Minnesota State Capitol to protect lawmakers and the public in the aftermath of two state lawmakers being ...