Iowa’s privatized Medicaid system dominated conversation in a Monday afternoon forum, where six local legislative candidates took questions from a small crowd at the Coralville Public Library.
One...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• September 10, 2018
Seeking to serve a third term, Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, hopes to continue serving as a financial “watchdog” for Iowans as a member of Congress.
Young, 50, is running for re-election this fall to...
After the video of Montray Little and Jared Clinton’s traffic stop by two Des Moines police officers went viral, civil-rights groups drew attention to Iowa’s lack of legislation to address racial...
The death of the University of Iowa student brought national attention to Brooklyn, Iowa, after the body of Mollie Tibbetts was found among corn stalks near there.
But how did a woman from the UI, a...
Iowa leaders are confident future trade deals will benefit Iowa farmers with NAFTA renegotiations in the works.
Renegotiating NAFTA was one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, noting numerous...
Helping not just friends, but strangers alike.
That’s the lesson Cindy Axne, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat, said her parents taught her, and that has motivated her...
When voters go to the polls in 10 weeks for the midterm elections, the top 99 elections officials must stick to the rulebooks despite some opposing a controversial Iowa voter-ID law.
The law, passed in...
Gov. Kim Reynolds recently said she would be open to implementing a state-level system that would check the legal status of workers in Iowa.
The issue of employing immigrants in Iowa was thrust into...
Despite Iowa’s unemployment rate declining, the rate of unemployed Iowa veterans has risen in the last two years, prompting action from politicians.
The annual unemployment rates in Iowa in 2016 and...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced upcoming summits for the Empower Rural Iowa Initiative, an outreach program centered on rural Iowa, which will take place in September.
Officials have yet to determine...
As litigation continues over the so-called fetal-heartbeat law, a new anti-abortion group has filed a motion to be included in the courtroom, contending that its advocacy is relevant to the lawsuit.
The...
Amid reports of Mollie Tibbets’ body found in rural Poweshiek County, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds offered prayers and condolences to the Tibbetts’ family and called for justice in a press release Tuesday.
