PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics.
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After more than two decades in education, Iowa City teacher Bennett Brown found himself at a crossroads when state legislation requiring a fully in-person option for schooling was signed on Jan. 29....
A bill currently in the Iowa Legislature could reduce funding to K-12 schools and colleges that use a history curriculum modeled off of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ 1619...
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to prohibit tenure at public universities in a senate subcommittee on Thursday, another step toward becoming law.
Senate File 41 was voted out of the subcommittee...
Gov. Kim Reynolds and Department of Human Services Director Kelly Garcia toured the GuideLink Center in Iowa City on Thursday afternoon, a new mental health and crisis facility that will begin providing...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 10, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on Wednesday that the Iowa Department of Public Health has partnered with Microsoft to develop a centralized vaccination scheduling system, and Iowans can expect to see...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 9, 2021
In 2022, Iowa politicos and other advocacy groups will not only be campaigning for seats in the Legislature, but also for the fate of a potential amendment to Iowa’s constitution that would make...
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry will adjust its mass emailing practices after state lawmakers reprimanded representatives from Iowa’s three public universities last week for a history...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 5, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds lifted the state’s partial mask mandate and will allow bars, restaurants, and other businesses to function at normal capacity, in a new proclamation issued Friday.
Starting Sunday,...
Seth Taylor, PolitiFact Reporter
• February 4, 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
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Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a Thursday press conference that she’s currently working with Iowa counties and local health departments to address the state’s slow vaccine distribution, as Iowa...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• February 1, 2021
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Michael Bousselot as the new director of the Department of Management, a University of Iowa Tippie College Business Graduate.
Bousselot’s appointment is...
