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Fact Check | Did Nancy Pelosi donate $30,000 to Liz Mathis’ campaign?

Jami Martin-Trainor, Assistant Digital Editor • November 4, 2022

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. Ashley Hinson...

Trump visits Sioux City, endorses Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sen. Chuck Grassley

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • November 3, 2022

Former President Donald Trump addressed bleachers holding thousands of Iowans dawning bright red hats filled the small Sioux City, Iowa, airport on Thursday evening. Classic rock blared over the...

Iowa’s Secretary of State will require two hand counted audits following election

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor • November 2, 2022

All 99 counties in Iowa will audit two of the races following the 2022 midterms, Iowa’s Secretary of State office announced on Tuesday. Previously all counties across the state were required to audit...

Fact Check | Reynolds campaign ad on police support skips DeJear’s explanation

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • October 31, 2022

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: A Kim Reynolds campaign...

Fact Check | DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she didn’t say that

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • October 31, 2022

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: During the lone Iowa...

Democrats rally for support in midterms at homecoming parade

Emily Delgado and Liam Halawith • October 29, 2022

Ahead of the midterm elections that could disrupt the power in the state and national government – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear, 1st District candidate Christana Bohannan, and...

Polk County District Court will hear arguments to throw out injunction blocking 2018 fetal heartbeat bill

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • October 27, 2022

Polk County District Court is scheduled to hear a motion on Friday at 1:30 p.m. to dissolve the injunction that permanently blocked the 2018 fetal heartbeat bill. The bill banned abortion after six...

Elected officials more divided than constituents, effects legislative priorities

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • October 26, 2022

Many candidates during the campaign season — specifically those in Iowa — have run on a platform of bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle. While bipartisanship is in effect on many issues,...

“Just like a nightmare:” Fentanyl’s damages to Iowa communities

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • October 25, 2022

Devin Anderson was a football player and the captain of the soccer team at Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, Tennant, and Walnut High School in the small town of Avoca, Iowa. He grew up in the western-Iowa...

Johnson County Democratic candidates hope to connect with Spanish speaking voters

Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter • October 25, 2022

Johnson County Democratic candidates have attempted to register Latino and Spanish-speaking citizens ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election at grocery stores in the county. Adam Zabner, an Iowa House...

Gov. Reynolds touts math and reading scores, rankings from national assessment

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter • October 24, 2022

The National Assessment of Educational Performance, a national standardized test given to fourth and eighth graders to test reading and math performance, released the national and statewide averages...

2022 Voter Guide

October 24, 2022

The 2022 general election features several national, state, and local offices up for grabs. With Congressional seats, the Governor's office, the county Board of Supervisors, and much more on this ballot...