Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• September 27, 2022
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear expressed the importance of health care access and education in Iowa at a University Democrats at Iowa town hall on Monday with 42 days until the...
The candidates in Iowa’s newly drawn 1st Congressional District found some common ground on issues like eminent domain, but mostly drew sharp ideological differences in a debate on Monday night hosted...
Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter
• September 25, 2022
Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a series on rural population decline in Iowa.
Iowa’s federal delegation members of mostly Republicans voiced bipartisan support for helping rural Iowa...
Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter
• September 21, 2022
After Democratic senate candidate, Mike Franken was accused of alleged assault by his former campaign staffer Kimberly Strope-Boggus, Franken’s opponent, incumbent Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and...
Iowans struggling with opioid use disorder can now seek out resources through IowaOpioidHelp.com, a website Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller launched on Tuesday.
The website includes a map dividing...
Editor’s note: This is a developing story, check back for updates.
Mike Franken, Iowa’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, denied the assault allegation made by his former campaign manager...
Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter
• September 18, 2022
Iowa Democrats say conservatives are too busy fighting “culture wars” in the statehouse to work on improving Iowa’s rural areas to attract younger people to the state’s 38 most rural counties.
Iowa’s...
Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter
• September 15, 2022
A member of the University of Iowa College Republicans is demanding the expulsion of a UI freshman after an incident at the Student Organization Fair.
On Aug. 31, a UI freshman allegedly attempted...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said abortion “is a state issue” in response to a proposed federal 15-week abortion ban from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina.
“Finally, after 50 years,...
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough met with University of Iowa student veterans in the Iowa Veteran Education, Transition, and Support (IVETS) group to talk about programs and resources...
Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• September 11, 2022
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are preparing for higher voter turnout among young for the November midterm election.
The unveiling of the Biden-Harris Administration Student Debt Relief...
Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter
• September 11, 2022
Six Johnson County candidates are running unopposed on the ballot in November, all of them Democrats. The candidates are working to help Democrats running for federal and state offices in their district...
![A sign is seen at a fundraising event for democratic candidates Liz Mathis and Christina Bohannan while democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mike Franken speaks at the Sutliff Farm & Cider House in Lisbon, Iowa. Franken is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is currently serving his seventh term in the Senate. The wage scale in many communities has stayed flat for 30 years, Franken said. I want [Iowa] to be the place where the 18-year-olds and the 27-year-olds at least consider staying.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/090322-CountyLineMathisBohannon-GD-01-900x600.jpg)