Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• September 24, 2018
With two years until the 2020 election cycle, former tech executive Andrew Yang has launched his presidential campaign.
Though he has not previously held elected office, Yang said an early start to his...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• September 24, 2018
New allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have been made in a report in The New Yorker, further complicating a judicial confirmation process headed by Senator...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• September 20, 2018
An investigation into sexual-harassment allegations against former Iowa Finance Authority Director David Jamison found that Jamison did, in fact, sexually harass women on staff, according to a Sept. 20...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• September 19, 2018
The Senate Judiciary Committee will take sexual-assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “step by step,” committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday.
“These...
After serving three terms in the Iowa Legislature, Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, hopes to be re-elected for a fourth term so he can work to expand Iowa’s medical-cannabis program and address Iowa’s...
After completing his first term in office, Sen. Kevin Kinney, D-Oxford, seeks to resume his legislative work on a variety of issues, ranging from law enforcement to industrial-hemp production.
The Democratic...
U.S Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a Monday statement he will hear out sexual-assault claims against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a public hearing next week.
Kavanaugh and his...
The Iowa Supreme Court recently heard arguments from representatives of Iowa landowners in a case regarding the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which runs underneath 343 miles of Iowa.
Lawyers...
BONDURANT, Iowa — With 50 days until Election Day, Iowa Democrats are characterizing the midterm elections as “high stakes” and are urging their base to keep the foot on the gas pedal.
“We have...
Two candidates for Iowa’s chief executive paint different portraits of the state of privatized Medicaid in their campaigns.
In a Democratic field office in Iowa City on Wednesday evening, Iowa Democratic...