The 2024 Republican National Convention was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15-18. Among the crowd attending were 40 Iowa delegates, two of whom took to the main stage. Iowa had a strong showing at the convention, with Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Iowa GOP Chair...
MILWAUKEE — With both Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann speaking on the main stage along with 40 delegates in attendance, the Hawkeye state boosts a heavy presence at the Republican National Convention. Three Iowa Republican delegates...
MILWAUKEE — Sequestered to opposite ends of the heavily guarded inner perimeter of the Republican National Convention, two designated demonstration zones were sparsely used on the third day of the convention. Leading up to the convention, protests were heavily anticipated,...
The Iowa Supreme Court will allow the state’s “fetal heartbeat bill” to go into effect in a decision handed down on Friday, placing a near-total ban on abortion in Iowa. The decision is the result of years of legal battles and legislative action to restrict abortion...
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks clinched a tight win in a primary challenge from Davenport Republican David Pautsch on Tuesday. Miller-Meeks took 55 percent of the vote over Pautsch’s 43 percent out of 29,432 total votes in the 1st Congressional District...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that $17.5 million in state American Rescue Plan Act funds will be used to offer a range of opioid prevention and recovery programs on Thursday. Reynolds’ announcement comes after Iowa lawmakers failed to agree on a plan to spend over...
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...