Following calls for more predictable tuition increases in light of continued state funding cuts and tuition hikes, the state Board of Regents will discuss the multiyear tuition model that has been in the...
A committee voted Thursday 2-1 to hold a special election on Dec. 18 to fill the vacancy left on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors after Kurt Friese's death.
County Treasurer Tom Kriz voted against...
The University of Iowa has appointed a chief innovation officer who will lead Innovation and Economic Development, focusing on researching commercialization and economic development activities, following...
The University of Iowa Student Government has opposed a proposed fee that would be implemented by UI Study Abroad. The fee would mean an extra $15 per semester for each student, regardless whether the...
Before Nov. 4, 2014, Iowa had never sent a woman to Congress nor elected a woman to the governor’s office.
Now, in a historic election night for Iowa women, two of the four U.S. representatives and...
Iowa re-established itself as a purple state Tuesday night after electing a Republican governor and flipping two congressional districts from red to blue.
Because of key wins in populous areas Tuesday,...
Trying to dodge puddles, patrons flock down the alley near Linn Street, attracted by the bass and screaming adulation from a drag-lauding crowd.
The closer they come, the greater their excitement grows....
After Jeff Sessions was asked to resign from the position of U.S. Attorney General on Nov. 7, University of Iowa graduate Matthew Whitaker will take on the role.
The Ankeny native assumed office as...
Voters turned out more than the 2014 elections. As of press time, 59.8 percent of Iowa’s electorate had voted Tuesday; 1,296,520 of voters cast a ballot, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s...
DES MOINES — Former lieutenant governor and current acting governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, became the first woman to be elected to Iowa’s highest political office Tuesday night.
There are...
Republican Steve King prevailed over well-funded Democrat J.D. Scholten Tuesday night. King, despite facing last-minute sponsorship withdrawals and condemnations from the national Republican Party, won...
Sen. Kevin Kinney’s re-election keeps the Iowa Senate District 39 seat blue.
The Democrat was re-elected on Tuesday over Republican candidate Heather Hora by a margin of  15,738 to 13,098. Hora is...
