Pete Buttigieg dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday, failing to keep his campaign's momentum after narrowly winning the Iowa caucuses in early February.
In South...
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
• February 28, 2020
Most LGBTQ-related bills in the Iowa Legislature failed to advance through the funnel deadline, including bills aimed at banning conversion therapy as well as bills placing regulations on LGBTQ topics...
After 35 years in law enforcement, Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek announced Thursday he will run for the Iowa House District 73 seat, which encompasses all of Cedar County and eastern Johnson...
The Iowa Democratic Party announced the results of the recount of 23 precincts in a press release on Thursday, solidifying and strengthening Pete Buttigieg’s slight lead over Bernie Sanders in state...
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In this episode of The Cloakroom, Jerry Gallagher, a former local news anchor who has worked in Wisconsin and Iowa, talks with our host about his experiences working in local media. Jerry talks first-hand...
The Iowa House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would require the University of Iowa medicine and dentistry schools to allocate at least 75 percent of its admissions to Iowa...
The first “funnel” deadline in the Iowa Legislature passed Feb. 21, winnowing the number of bills lawmakers in Des Moines can consider.
Bills had to be reported out of a committee by Feb. 21...
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
• February 23, 2020
The proposed amendment to specify the Iowa constitution doesn't grant the right to an abortion is two years away from passage at the earliest — and the effects of the resolution passing are not totally...
The Iowa Democratic Party announced the correction of 29 precinct caucus results after a recanvass that concluded Tuesday, the party said in a press release.
Twenty-six results were changed because...
One University of Iowa student would've been among the 400 arrested at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on Jan. 1 had they chosen to stay at a pro-democracy protest just 15 minutes longer.
“I feel relieved,...
Facing a Friday funnel deadline to advance, one bill sitting in the Iowa Senate aims to mandate menstrual products to be available at no cost in all state buildings — including state institutions...
