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Fact Check | Inflation scares real, but no predictions on a 2021 trend

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor • July 1, 2021

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 Rachel Schilke and Robert Read If your...

Fact Check | The many sides to Chief Black Hawk’s story

Madison Black, PolitiFact Reporter • June 27, 2021

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: Kim Reynolds, speaking...

Fact Check | Breaking down Iowa’s newest election laws

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • June 16, 2021

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 Rachel Schilke. If your...

Fact Check | Mining lithium poses environmental risks. The Biden administration isn’t ignoring them

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact Contributor • June 15, 2021

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: President Joe Biden’s...

Fact Check | Iowa moms who attended bill signing shared false information related to pandemic, connected to QAnon-affiliated people

Natalie Dunlap and Sabine Martin • June 11, 2021

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 Rachel Schilke If your...

Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • May 12, 2021

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 Sarah Watson and Caleb McCullough If...

Fact Check | State-based bids to thwart presidential orders reach Iowa

Dylan Morgan and Lyle Muller • May 7, 2021

If your time is short: HF 815, pending in the Iowa Legislature, says Iowa would not have to follow a presidential executive order if it were deemed unconstitutional by the attorney general. ...

Fact Check | Congressman, carrying GOP complaint, leaves a lot out of infrastructure definition

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor • April 30, 2021

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 Sarah Watson and Julia Shanahan Rep....

Fact Check | No, Sen. Joni Ernst did not say liberals wanted to ban lasagna

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • April 29, 2021

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 Sarah Watson If your...

Fact Check | The facts behind funding Iowa’s public universities

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • April 25, 2021

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 Sarah Watson If your time...

Fact Check | American Rescue Plan has $4 billion for food distribution, relief for producers

Brian Grace, Politics Reporter • April 21, 2021

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 Sarah Watson If your time...

Fact Check | Tenure protects academic freedom, but faculty aren’t guaranteed a job

Sarah Watson, Executive Editor • March 14, 2021

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 Julia Shanahan If your...