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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Iowa State Capitol building is seen in Des Moines on April 9, 2019.

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...

Fact Check | Iowa leads the nation in overall high-school graduation rates, lags behind in minority graduation rates

Fact Check | Iowa leads the nation in overall high-school graduation rates, lags behind in minority graduation rates

Katie Ann McCarver, News Editor May 29, 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 Sarah Watson If your...

Fact Check | Young people are less at risk of dying from COVID-19, but not immune

Fact Check | Young people are less at risk of dying from COVID-19, but not immune

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter May 12, 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 Marissa Payne If your...

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Governor shifting coronavirus strategy to “managing and containing” virus

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor May 7, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is shifting her coronavirus response strategy from mitigation to managing and containing the virus as she moves to partially reopen several retail businesses statewide Friday....

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Governor’s push for reopening creates rift with health experts

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor May 4, 2020

Though public health experts are warning against reopening the state too early, Gov. Kim Reynolds is pushing for a quick return to business across the state, backed by a swath of Republican legislators. Though...

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Jan. 14.

Gov Kim Reynolds on Iowa’s response plan to COVID-19: ‘This isn’t political’

Lauren White, News Reporter May 4, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds rejected the notion that the state’s COVID-19 response has been based on political decisions, despite many Iowa Democrats disagreeing with Reynolds’ decision to not issue a shelter-in-place...

Voters fill out their ballots at a polling location in the Historic Dubuque Federal Building in Dubuque on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018.

Iowans strongly encouraged to vote by mail in June primary, in-person voting still an option

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter April 28, 2020

Iowa’s primary elections — where voters will choose candidates for the U.S. Senate, House, and Statehouse races — will proceed as scheduled June 2 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, though voters are...

The College of Public Health Building as seen on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Researchers at the UI concluded that a second wave of COVID-19 is likely if the state slows mitigation efforts

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor April 28, 2020

A week before Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would be allowing businesses to reopen in parts of the state, researchers at the University of Iowa sent the Iowa Department of Public Health a report detailing...

A farm in Waukee is seen on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.

Iowa officials call for immediate assistance for pork producers

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 27, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with other state officials, asked for immediate federal assistance for Iowa’s pork producers in a letter addressed to Vice President Mike Pence and the White House Coronavirus...

Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Jan. 14.

Reynolds restricts gatherings to immediate household members in northeast Iowa region

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 16, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced tighter restrictions on northeast Iowa during a press conference Thursday, which would limit gatherings to only household members. The measure affects residents in Iowa's...

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Fact Check | Iowa had a strong job market and low unemployment before coronavirus

Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor April 15, 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 Marissa Payne In case...

Gov. Kim Reynolds gives the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Iowa director of human services says domestic violence reports are decreasing, but the violence is not

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor April 15, 2020

The director of the Iowa Department of Human Services said during Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Wednesday press conference that reports of domestic violence have dropped now that children and families are not interacting...