Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the Republican candidate in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, rallied Johnson County Republicans six days before the election where she touted her work as a health-care...
With just one more week until Election Day, Donald Trump Jr. rallied more than 200 people in Cedar Rapids, slamming Joe Biden and the Democratic Party as being a “socialist, Marxist party.”
“The...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• October 27, 2020
Women running for office often have to overcome challenges that their male counterparts do not. Regardless, Iowa has a record number of women running for congressional positions in this election.
Rita...
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Monday, closing out a divisive confirmation process eight days before Election Day. The vote fell largely along party lines,...
About 25 people bundled up and braved the cold in Coralville Saturday morning, gathering to hear Rita Hart talk about rural issues in southeast Iowa.
Part of her “Backyard Talks” tour, the Democratic...
Donald Trump and Joe Biden offered contrasting visions for America’s future Thursday night, in an exchange that was far more restrained than the pair’s first debate in September.
With less than...
Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley headlined the annual Reagan Society Dinner in Johnson County Wednesday night, saying the country’s eyes are on Iowa’s multiple competitive congressional...
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Iowa residents who are behind on their utility bills because of COVID-19 financial strain, can apply for a new state program to catch up.
The Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Finance...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• October 20, 2020
Jorge Salinas, 37, voted in his first U.S. election since being granted citizenship earlier this year.
Salinas, an epidemiologist at University of Iowa Health Care, is from Lima, Peru, where voting...
Former Iowa Gov. and Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said his son, Eric Branstad, did not benefit from the elder Branstad’s post as ambassador, deflecting a recent report from The Intercept that...
U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Iowa Democrats running for office spoke on the importance of flipping state and federal seats in what some of them called the most important election...