With a steadily rising prison population and recidivism rate in Iowa, Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa Statehouse are at a crossroads over whether criminal-justice reform was adequately addressed...
With the legislative session completed, Gov. Kim Reynolds called the session — her first since being elected as governor in her own right — a win for Iowans despite leaving key legislative-agenda items...
Iowa’s three state universities will likely receive a collective $12 million funding boost as both chambers of the state Legislature have approved a state-appropriations bill following a Tuesday Iowa...
Iowa City business owner and Democratic activist Veronica Tessler is the first to file her candidacy for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District in 2020, federal elections online records show.
Tessler filed...
After Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, announced he wouldn’t run for re-election on April 12, his seat representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District will be up in the air in 2020. A range of Iowans have...
Members of Congress and the Iowa Legislature are at political crossroads over how government aid should be dispensed to victims of Midwest flooding and whether the flooding was caused by climate change.
While...
As the number of measles cases continue to rise in the United States, more Iowa families are exempting their kids from vaccinations, including in Iowa City.
The U.S. is facing its second-largest outbreak...
From The Daily Iowan Newsroom to the Hill, The Cloakroom breaks down national politics from Iowa. In this episode, Daily Iowan politics reporter Julia Shanahan discusses how Iowans such as Jesse...
A bill that would allow for emergency refills of prescription drugs without a prescriber’s authorization, House File 700, passed the Iowa Senate Tuesday unanimously.
The original law in Iowa only...
Hawkeyes flooded the state Capitol on Tuesday to advocate for a variety of issues important to the University of Iowa and its students.
Those who took part in the annual Hawkeye Caucus conducted one-on-one...
Next fiscal year’s funding for Iowa’s three public state universities will fall below Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ $18 million recommended increase if an Iowa House budget bill passes through the Iowa...
Iowa Democrats are pushing to end the privatization of Medicaid in the state following the end of negations between the state and one of two private insurance organizations managing the program, which...
