The Daily Iowan

Fact Check | Ernst correct that voter turnout has increased since laws requiring voter ID and shortening poll times

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • January 26, 2022

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...

Fact Check | Liz Mathis calls Rep. Ashley Hinson hypocritical for touting infrastructure funds

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • January 21, 2022

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...

Fact Check | Context needed when saying Grassley vote against funding extension was vote to slash Medicare

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor • December 16, 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 Congress approved raising...

Internet providers await federal broadband dollars

Caleb McCullough, Executive Editor • December 5, 2021

With the passing of the federal infrastructure bill, Iowa internet providers are looking to cash in on the third large round of government funding for broadband in a year as the specifics of the process...

Iowa politicians honor the life of Bob Dole

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • December 5, 2021

Iowa elected leaders sent out statements on Sunday in remembrance of Republican Senator and 1996 presidential candidate Robert Dole, honoring his time in Congress. The Elizabeth Dole Foundation...

Grassley says he’ll respect SCOTUS’s decision as it hears arguments in Mississippi abortion case

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • December 1, 2021

As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on a Mississippi abortion law banning the procedure 15 weeks after pregnancy, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he hopes everyone will accept the judgment...

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...