As the Ebola epidemic has become a more substantial issue in the past month, University of Iowa students who have family in the most-affected countries of West Africa are growing worried. UI student Martina...

With the retirement of Republican Sen. Sandra Grenier, the seat in Senate District 39 is up for the taking between Democrat Kevin Kinney and Republican Mike Moore. District 39, which covers Keokuk County,...

Two local state senators will continue into another term without having to worry about the polls on Nov. 4. Democratic state Sens. Joe Bolkcom and Bob Dvorsky have both been in their positions since...

As the Nov. 4 election nears close, three Johnson County Board of Supervisors candidates vie for two open seats with the outcome potentially creating an all-male or all-Democratic board if the status quo...

The passing of a local-option sales tax on the ballot Nov. 4 could mean additional affordable housing units or down-payment assistance for Iowa City residents. The local-option sales tax referendum,...

As the final days of the 2014 midterm election cycle wind down, a key theme among Republican attack ads waged against national Democrats has abundantly become clear: They nearly all deal with the words,...

Arizona Sen. John McCain returned to Iowa’s cutthroat political grounds Wednesday on an aggressive eight-stop tour where he signaled a three-pronged effort to elect the state’s Republican U.S....

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first visit to Iowa City’s storied Hamburg Inn diner on Wednesday afternoon began when two federal Secret Service agents dropped into one...