A three-member state panel upheld objections to the candidacy of three Iowa libertarian congressional candidates on Wednesday in a 2-1 decision. The decision effectively removes the candidates from the Nov. 5 general election ballot, though they can ask a district court...

CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris, stepping out from President Joe Biden’s shadow, is now rallying a reenergized Democratic Party after she took the top spot on the Democratic presidential ticket a few weeks ago. Her ascension to the top of the ticket came with...

Vice President Kamala Harris relayed her most forceful call for peace in Gaza, calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire in her presidential nomination speech at the final night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.  Harris used the convention stage to call...

A Polk County district court granted a temporary injunction preventing the Iowa Secretary of State from certifying the 2024 general election ballots on Tuesday.  The ruling gives three Iowa Libertarian candidates for Congress time to litigate their removal from the general...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg would resign effective immediately. Gregg left the position to pursue a career opportunity that allows him to focus on his family, according to a news release from the governor’s office.   The Iowa Bankers...

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies are starting the school year with 429 fewer staff than last year, according to data shared by Iowa Democrats Thursday.  The decrease in staff amounts to 12 percent across all nine of Iowa’s AEAs. All but one AEA saw a decrease of more...

Incumbent Johnson County Board of Supervisor Royceann Porter was unseated by newcomer and local organizer Mandi Remington and incumbents Lisa Green-Douglass and Rod Sullivan in Tuesday’s primary election, according to unofficial results.  Remington, Green-Douglass, and...

Affordable Housing was a key issue at a League of Women Voters’ Johnson County Board of Supervisors candidate forum on Tuesday night in the Iowa City Senior Center.  The forum hosted all five candidates for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors where candidates answered...

Former Democratic state lawmakers Mary Mascher and Kevin Kinney endorsed Democrat Bob Conrad for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors this week ahead of the June 4 primary election that will decide the seat.  With no Republicans on the ticket, the three Democrats chosen...