Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• September 27, 2022
Arnold Schwarzenegger and former presidents Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan are just a few who went from the screen to political office. Now, in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, both candidates...
Sabine Martin, Managing News Editor
• September 27, 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. Cindy Axne ranked...
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear spoke to University of Iowa students and Iowa City community members at the Iowa Memorial Union on Monday. The University Democrats at Iowa hosted...
Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter
• September 26, 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,...
