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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...

UI students demonstrate outside Pence speech

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • November 1, 2021

A couple dozen students stood outside of the Iowa Memorial Union before, during, and after former Vice President Mike Pence’s speech on Monday night. The demonstrators used signs, chalk and chants...

Biden Administration predicts liquid fuel to outlast 2050

Lyle Muller and Sabine Martin • October 28, 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: U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra,...

Fact Check | Debt ceiling doesn’t give U.S. government ability to spend limitless amounts of money

Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor • October 27, 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...

Fact Check | Inflation costs to consumers are real, with an explanation

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • October 21, 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 your...

Iowa delegates split on Biden’s infrastructure agenda

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • October 17, 2021

Iowa delegates are split on support of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure legislative agenda, as negotiations on two key bills stall in Congress. Sen. Chuck Grassley said that he hopes the progressive...

Iowa Democrats file ethics complaint against Rep. Miller-Meeks

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • October 11, 2021

Iowa Democrats filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics on Monday, alleging that Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, didn’t compile with requirements to disclose information on...