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Fact Check | Build Back Better tax break exists for some millionaires

Nina Baker, Politifact Iowa Reporter • November 23, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Caleb McCullough and Lyle Muller If your...

Fact Check | Tweet claiming Hinson and Miller-Meeks denied Iowans broadband needs context

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • November 22, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Caleb McCullough If your...

Biden appoints Greenfield to USDA post

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • November 18, 2021

Former U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield, a Democrat, has been appointed as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development State Director for Iowa. President Joe Biden appointed...

President Barbara Wilson meets with Iowa’s Congressional delegation

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • November 17, 2021

University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to meet with members of Iowa’s congressional delegation. A post on Wilson’s instagram showed meetings with Sens....

Fact Check | Iowa group corrects statement on Grassley’s infrastructure vote

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor • November 17, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson If...

Ruling out gubernatorial bid, Cindy Axne announces candidacy for redrawn 3rd District

Caleb McCullough, Executive Editor • November 12, 2021

Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne, who had said she was not ruling out a run to challenge Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, announced Friday she will seek reelection to Iowa's reconfigured 3rd Congressional...

Fact Check | Yes, Representative Axne’s claims of Iowa’s broadband are correct

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Editor • November 12, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Following the passage...

Rep. Miller-Meeks will seek reelection in 1st District

Natalie Dunlap and Rylee Wilson • November 10, 2021

DAVENPORT — U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, will run in Iowa’s newly drawn 1st Congressional District in 2022. She made her announcement on Wednesday morning. The newly drawn 1st...

Fact Check | Tax increases in Build Back Better aimed at the wealthy, but too early to tell full effects

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • November 8, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Republican members of...

Former Rep. Neal Smith dies age 101, longest Iowan to serve in U.S. House

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • November 3, 2021

Former Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa, died on Tuesday at 101. Iowa’s elected officials at the state and federal levels have put out words of condolences. Smith was the longest-serving Iowan in the...

Grassley says national results from Tuesday’s elections are encouraging

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • November 3, 2021

Sen. Grassley, R-Iowa, said on a national basis, he felt that voters were influenced by inflation, immigration, and calls to defund the police in elections on Tuesday night. He cited Virginia, where...

Mike Pence praises Iowa’s protection of conservative priorities during UI visit

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • November 1, 2021

Former Vice President Mike Pence encouraged Iowans to prioritize protecting the Constitution and said the Biden administration’s economic and social policies were failing on Monday night. Young...