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Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers a speech during the 2023 Condition of the State at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. At the end of Reynolds’ speech, she thanked supporters. “Thank you for the honor to serve as your governor,” Reynolds said. “God bless you, and God bless the great state of Iowa.”

Fact Check | Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State Address

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: During Gov. Kim Reynolds's...

Fact Check | Voting machines aren’t behind mismatched results in Scott County election recounts

Fact Check | Voting machines aren’t behind mismatched results in Scott County election recounts

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter December 20, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  The 2022 election winner...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a watch party for Iowa Republicans on Election Day at the Hilton Downtown in Des Moines on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

PolitiFact | The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think

Sabine Martin, Managing News Editor November 28, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Republicans at the national...

Fact Check | Did Nancy Pelosi donate $30,000 to Liz Mathis’ campaign?

Fact Check | Did Nancy Pelosi donate $30,000 to Liz Mathis’ campaign?

Jami Martin-Trainor, Assistant Digital Editor November 4, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson...

Fact Check | Reynolds campaign ad on police support skips DeJear’s explanation

Fact Check | Reynolds campaign ad on police support skips DeJear’s explanation

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 31, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  A Kim Reynolds campaign...

Fact Check | DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she didn’t say that

Fact Check | DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she didn’t say that

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 31, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  During the lone Iowa...

Democratic candidate Liz Mathis and U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson speaking at various political events on Sept. 3 and Aug. 28 respectively.

Fact Check | The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 11, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson...

Fact Check | Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?

Fact Check | Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 4, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  In a tweet introducing...

Left; Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Right; Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Fact Check | Facts behind Iowa’s 1st District congressional debate

Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin, Kate Perez, and Lyle Muller September 30, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Christina Bohannan had...

Fact Check | Cindy Axne ranks high in bipartisan action

Fact Check | Cindy Axne ranks high in bipartisan action

Sabine Martin, Managing News Editor September 27, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne ranked...

Fact Check | Ernst newsletter skips part of report on IRS audits

Fact Check | Ernst newsletter skips part of report on IRS audits

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor August 30, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Iowa’s Republican U.S....

Fact Check | Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash

Fact Check | Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor August 29, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Iowa Democratic gubernatorial...