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Dave Muhlbauer stops in Iowa City on the Senate campaign trail

Natalie Dunlap, News Editor • May 26, 2021

On the patio behind George's Buffet, a northside Iowa City business, Democratic senatorial candidate Dave Muhlbauer met with Johnson County Democrats, reporters, and Johnson County Supervisor candidate...

Democrat David Muhlbauer launches Senate campaign

Natalie Dunlap, News Editor • May 24, 2021

The first Democrat has announced their candidacy for Iowa’s 2022 Senate race. Dave Muhlbauer, the former Vice Chairman of the Crawford County Board of Supervisors, filed a statement of candidacy...

Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • May 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. Edited by Sarah Watson and Caleb McCullough If...

Iowans hope to see infrastructure investment from Biden’s plan

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor • May 11, 2021

Iowa’s infrastructure ranks among some of the worst in the nation, and funding that could help change that is being held up in Congress. President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan...

Graduating founder of Hawk the Vote helped evolve civic engagement for the pandemic

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • May 11, 2021

To gear up for the Iowa caucuses, Hawk the Vote held a mock caucus in January 2020 with 300 participants packed in a room. At the time, the organizers didn’t know how drastically their student engagement...

Fact Check | State-based bids to thwart presidential orders reach Iowa

Dylan Morgan and Lyle Muller • May 7, 2021

If your time is short: HF 815, pending in the Iowa Legislature, says Iowa would not have to follow a presidential executive order if it were deemed unconstitutional by the attorney general. ...

Education free speech bill passes Iowa Senate unanimously, heads to Gov. Kim Reynolds

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • May 5, 2021

The Iowa Senate passed an amended version of House File 744, known as the education free speech bill, in a unanimous vote on Wednesday. The bill says that the state Board of Regents and directors of...

Non-taxable student loan forgiveness won’t immediately impact current student borrowers

Brian Grace, Politics Reporter • May 4, 2021

A provision in President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that makes federal student loan forgiveness tax free until 2025 won’t have a significant immediate impact on students with...

Fact Check | Congressman, carrying GOP complaint, leaves a lot out of infrastructure definition

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • April 30, 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 Sarah Watson and Julia Shanahan Rep....

Fact Check | No, Sen. Joni Ernst did not say liberals wanted to ban lasagna

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • April 29, 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 Sarah Watson If your...

Iowa Republicans deride Biden’s pitches for broad social spending

Sarah Watson and Caleb McCullough • April 28, 2021

President Joe Biden pitched a potential $4 trillion in social programs and infrastructure to Congress on Wednesday, arguing for ambitious spending to kick-start the U.S. economy as it recovers from the...

Fact Check | The facts behind funding Iowa’s public universities

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • April 25, 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 Sarah Watson If your time...