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Iowa City City Council to move forward with creating Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Rachel Schilke and Riley Davis • July 21, 2020

The Iowa City City Council took the next steps in creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address racial injustice in the city, discussing the details of the board they committed to creating...

Ernst outlines goals for phase four coronavirus relief

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor • July 21, 2020

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said she wants to focus on essential workers and agriculture in planning for an upcoming phase four coronavirus relief bill. Congressional leaders are in talks on the details...

Fact Check | Existing research shows lower rate of children getting, spreading COVID-19

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • July 16, 2020

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 Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson If...

State Auditor challenges Test Iowa reporting process

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor • July 14, 2020

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand released a report Tuesday that found Test Iowa results are being reported through a chain that includes two private companies before arriving to the Iowa Department of Public...

Fact Check | Yes, the former U.S. vice president Johnson County is named after held slaves, married and fathered children with enslaved woman

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • July 8, 2020

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 Caleb McCullough and Rylee Wilson What...

Grassley says closing bars, mandating masks unnecessary in Iowa

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor • July 6, 2020

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he doesn’t think Gov. Kim Reynolds needs to close bars or mandate masks to limit coronavirus spread, though he praised the governors of other states taking similar...

Reynolds signs USG-backed medical amnesty bill

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor • June 25, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a medical amnesty bill into law Thursday, closing five years of University of Iowa Student Government advocacy for the measure. House File 684 prevents underage people from...

Despite the Supreme Court ruling on DACA, uncertainties for the program remain

Mary Hartel, News Reporter • June 24, 2020

On June 18, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration unlawfully attempted to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – though the...

Iowa 4th District party leaders remain focused on general election after King’s defeat

Mary Hartel, News Reporter • June 22, 2020

Nine-term incumbent Rep. Steve King lost his bid for reelection in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District to Iowa State Senator Randy Feenstra in early June — though Democrats have sought to oust the...

Iowa Legislature passes amendment requiring 24-hour wait period for women seeking abortion

Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter • June 17, 2020

Early in the morning on Sunday, Republicans in the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to House File 594 requiring a 24-hour waiting period between a woman’s initial screening with her doctor and...

Fact Check | Fewer than 75 percent of medical and dental students at UI are Iowa residents, but most are

Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor • June 16, 2020

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 Caleb McCullough If...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bipartisan police reform bill

Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor • June 12, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bipartisan police reform bill Friday that bans most chokeholds, addresses police misconduct, and requires increased training for all law enforcement in Iowa. Surrounded...