After two shootings left 30 people dead this past weekend in Texas and Ohio, Iowa politicians reacted with gratitude for first responders, and Democrats called for the U.S. Senate to reconvene. Authorities...

Iowa City residents were tuned into the second round of Democratic debates on the evening of July 30 to watch 10 candidates spar for the Democratic presidential nomination. Several campaigns hosted...

2020 Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar said the federal government is not doing enough to address the inadequate amount of affordable and accessible housing across the country — a day after she unveiled...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., focused on strengthening unions and increasing access to trade apprenticeships in a panel focused on labor issues in Iowa City on July 25. Klobuchar, a presidential-nomination...

Kimberly Graham — an Indianola attorney and Democrat challenging Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020 — made a campaign stop in Iowa City in which she condemned Ernst on numerous fronts, focusing heavily on how...

Eddie Mauro, Democratic challenger to Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, aims for a campaign of fairness and wants to restore Americans’ trust in government. “I think [voters are] looking for somebody who...

* Editors' note: The nitrate levels in the below article do not fully reflect the actual nitrate levels in the Iowa river at the time. Test strips utilized for testing were intended for laboratory setting,...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, said he wants to increase funding for public universities during a meeting with several University of Iowa nontenure track faculty...

2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls called for Iowa Democrats to take back the state Legislature at an event on July 14, along with candidates for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District and U.S. Senate. Candidates...

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, told reporters in an Iowa City campaign stop that he does not support policies to completely forgive all outstanding student-loan debt...

Yao Wang, a Chinese student at the University of Iowa, said that while she likes studying computer science, she would rather study something such as cyber security. But, she said, the major is too “high...

Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling announced a bid for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on July 8. Schilling, a Republican who represented an Illinois district along the Mississippi River, will run...