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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Women’s issues and a few other fact-checks in Iowa’s US Senate race

Lyle Muller and Liam Halawith
October 12, 2022
Left; Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Right; Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Fact Check | Facts behind Iowa’s 1st District congressional debate

Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin, Kate Perez, and Lyle Muller
September 30, 2022
Fact Check | Ernst newsletter skips part of report on IRS audits

Fact Check | Ernst newsletter skips part of report on IRS audits

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
August 30, 2022
Fact Check | Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash

Fact Check | Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
August 29, 2022
Fact Check | Rep. Miller-Meeks claims Democrats bill would allow abortion up until birth

Fact Check | Rep. Miller-Meeks claims Democrats’ bill would allow abortion up until birth

Nina Baker and Lyle Muller
August 1, 2022
Fact Check | Blaming one legislator for accident ignores a lot

Fact Check | Blaming one legislator for accident ignores a lot

Lyle Muller
June 17, 2022
Fact Check | Fewer Iowans working than when Gov. Reynolds took office

Fact Check | Fewer Iowans working than when Gov. Reynolds took office

Lyle Muller
June 8, 2022
Fact check | Private rescue total in campaign ad overshoots on number of Americans

Fact check | Private rescue total in campaign ad overshoots on number of Americans

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
May 26, 2022
Members of the House congregate in the House Chamber after the opening of the 2022 Legislative Session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Both the House and Senate Republican leaders said the priority of this session is to return tax funds and address workforce conditions.

How bulletproof the Republican legislative agenda is in Iowa

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
May 10, 2022
Fact check | Claiming that Chuck Grassley left Senate Finance Committee is wrong

Fact check | Claiming that Chuck Grassley left Senate Finance Committee is wrong

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
May 6, 2022
President Joe Biden waves during his visit at the POET Bioprocessing ethanol plant in Menlo, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Fact Check | Checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa

Lyle Muller, Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, and Caleb McCullough
April 12, 2022
Fact-checking Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

Fact-checking Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech

Rylee Wilson, Lauren White, Caleb McCullough, and Lyle Muller
March 2, 2022
Fact Check | Ernst correct that voter turnout has increased since laws requiring voter ID and shortening poll times

Fact Check | Ernst correct that voter turnout has increased since laws requiring voter ID and shortening poll times

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
January 26, 2022
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivers the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.

Fact Check | Analyzing Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

Lyle Muller, Caleb McCullough, Eleanor Hildebrandt, and Emily Delgado
January 11, 2022
Fact Check | Context needed when saying Grassley vote against funding extension was vote to slash Medicare

Fact Check | Context needed when saying Grassley vote against funding extension was vote to slash Medicare

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor
December 16, 2021
Fact Check | Iowa group corrects statement on Grassley’s infrastructure vote

Fact Check | Iowa group corrects statement on Grassley’s infrastructure vote

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor
November 17, 2021
Biden Administration predicts liquid fuel to outlast 2050

Biden Administration predicts liquid fuel to outlast 2050

Lyle Muller and Sabine Martin
October 28, 2021
Fact Check | Inflation costs to consumers are real, with an explanation

Fact Check | Inflation costs to consumers are real, with an explanation

Lyle Muller , PolitiFact Iowa Editor
October 21, 2021
Former President Donald Trump greets Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, after endorsing the senator on Saturday night.

Fact Check | Fact-checking former President Donald Trump’s Iowa speech

Lyle Muller and Caleb McCullough
October 10, 2021
Fact Check | Inflation scares real, but no predictions on a 2021 trend

Fact Check | Inflation scares real, but no predictions on a 2021 trend

Lyle Muller, Politifact Iowa Editor
July 1, 2021
Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Lyle Muller , PolitiFact Iowa Editor
May 12, 2021
Rep. Bobby Kaufmann speaks during the opening of the 2021 legislative session on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Legislative goals for the session include further tax cuts, expanding in-person learning, and moving towards economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fact Check | State-based bids to thwart presidential orders reach Iowa

Dylan Morgan and Lyle Muller
May 7, 2021
Fact Check | Congressman, carrying GOP complaint, leaves a lot out of infrastructure definition

Fact Check | Congressman, carrying GOP complaint, leaves a lot out of infrastructure definition

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
April 30, 2021
Fact Check | The facts behind Gov. Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

Fact Check | The facts behind Gov. Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

Sarah Watson, Natalie Dunlap, Brian Grace, and Lyle Muller
January 12, 2021
Senator Mariannette Miller-Meeks (left) speaks with a member of UISG during the Hawkeye Caucus at the State Capitol in Des Moines on April 9, 2019. Iowa State Senator Rita Hart (right) speaks with supporters during her meet and greet at Yotopia on June 30, 2019.

Fact Check | Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District vote controversy nothing compared to the 1924 election

Stephanie Gutierrez and Lyle Muller
November 11, 2020
Fact Check | No, 300 Iowans did not get to re-vote

Fact Check | No, 300 Iowans did not get to re-vote

Lyle Muller , PolitiFact Iowa Editor
November 6, 2020
Fact Check | Farm bankruptcies highest in eight years

Fact Check | Farm bankruptcies highest in eight years

Lyle Muller , Iowa Politifact editor
October 31, 2020
Fact Check | Trump’s federal disaster declaration for Iowa made a week after destructive derecho

Fact Check | Trump’s federal disaster declaration for Iowa made a week after destructive derecho

Lyle Muller , PolitiFact Iowa Editor
August 26, 2020
Fact Check | Existing research shows lower rate of children getting, spreading COVID-19

Fact Check | Existing research shows lower rate of children getting, spreading COVID-19

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
July 16, 2020
Fact Check | Yes, the former U.S. vice president Johnson County is named after held slaves, married and fathered children with enslaved woman

Fact Check | Yes, the former U.S. vice president Johnson County is named after held slaves, married and fathered children with enslaved woman

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor
July 8, 2020
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