Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, where she offered lawmakers a blueprint to reshape the federal government through her work in Iowa. During the nearly four-hour-long hearing, Reynolds...
Since the 47th president took office on Jan. 20, his slew of executive orders has caused mixed emotions across the country, including members of and advocates for the LGBTQ+ community in Iowa. Within his first couple hours of presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive...
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, joined President Donald Trump in his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for their final pre-election Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll results. The poll, released days before the 2024 election, showed...
Following Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative priority, Iowa House lawmakers advanced a bill to regulate the use of cellphones in schools Tuesday afternoon. House Study Bill 106 follows Reynolds’ proposal to mandate school districts ban cellphone use during “instructional...
Iowa House lawmakers push forward the state attorney general’s proposal to amend the state constitution to limit the right of an accused to confront child witnesses. The amendment would apply to children under the age of 18 and witnesses with developmental disabilities,...
Iowa Senate lawmakers approved a bill to increase state funding to public schools by 2 percent, conflicting with an increase of 2.25 percent bill advancing in the House. The Senate bill, Senate File 167, would add an additional $157 per student and $148.9 million total increase...
In December 2023 in Cairo, Mazahir Salih saw suffering. There to find her mother who had just fled Sudan, Salih witnessed the lines of tired and hungry Sudanese refugees outside of the U.N. location in Sudan, all of them with the same hope — safety. The Sudanese refugees...
With former President Donald Trump on his way back to the White House after beating out Vice President Kamala Harris, University of Iowa campus political organizations are mixed about the results of the election. Campus conservatives are ecstatic about Trump’s rise...
A handful of University of Iowa students were among hundreds of poll workers who helped run dozens of election precincts in Johnson County on Election Day. The students, however, were getting class credit. The class focused on election administration and gave students hands-on...