Johnson County Conservation acting Director Bradley Freidhof spoke at the University of Iowa Democrats’ Monday meeting, urging student voters to flip their ballots and vote in favor of a new $30...
Activists marched through downtown Iowa City on Saturday to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day as the state wrangles with new limits on access to abortion care.
The small group of activists...
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at Solon Public Library Saturday morning to speak out against Democratic Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan’s silence on the Israel-Hamas war.
Bohannan,...
Liam Halawith, Elections Editor
• September 26, 2024
Iowa House Democrats vowed to enact a handful of key legislative priorities, including repealing the state’s six-week abortion ban if they gain a legislative majority in November.
The House Democrats...
A group of activists gathered on the Pentacrest in an “emergency protest” on Tuesday. The demonstration was organized to object to the recent Israeli airstrikes touching down in Lebanon.
Signs and...
Local pro-Palestine organizations and Iowa City residents protested on the Pentacrest Tuesday afternoon in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Speakers at the protest urged voters to consider candidates'...
Liam Halawith, Elections Editor
• September 24, 2024
Nate Mueller of Iowa City has worked every election — general, local, primary, and special — since 2016.
Mueller became a poll worker in college after an internship at the Johnson County Auditor’s...
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a coalition supporting a lawsuit alleging that several national pro-Palestinian advocacy groups are providing material support for Hamas.
The lawsuit,...
Liam Halawith, Elections Editor
• September 24, 2024
A New Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found that Democrats are preferred to Republican congressional candidates in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.
The poll found that 49 percent of...
Liam Halawith, Elections Editor
• September 19, 2024
The Iowa Teamsters endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, breaking from the national union that decided to remain neutral after internal surveys showed the union’s members side with...
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, slashing half a percentage point to combat a slowdown in the labor market. The benchmark rate now sits between...
Iowa’s U.S. senators voted against a procedural measure to advance a bill to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment. This includes in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF. Tuesday’s...
