Mike Naig, a Republican, is up for reelection this fall. He is being challenged by Democrat Chris Jones, a scientist and evangelist for clean water. But his plan is not

The politics of pollution is inundating Iowa’s fall election campaign. For years, politicians shrugged at environmental destruction but no longer.

Bird is going Hollywood because President Donald Trump wants the merger to happen. It would give Trump-backing owners, Larry and David Ellison, control of both CBS and CNN, as well

Many voters have come to see Trump and Hinson as indistinguishable. And it’s likely too late in the 2026 campaign for Hinson to break free after embracing Trump and his

Failure with good candidates, a favorable political climate and a candy store filled with tasty issues would relegate Iowa Democrats like a lousy English football club.

Iowa Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn says we must talk about the “elephant” in the room ahead of the 2026 election: Iowa’s agriculture industry. But so far, his plans don’t match the urgen...

Truth is, Wahls and Turek’s positions on most issues are not all that different. But amid those similarities, Wahls is highlighting any contrasts he can find to argue he’s a

As ashamed as I am to say it about my homeland, White Christian Nationalism is thriving in Iowa. Elections are good vs. evil. Satan is trying to capture the Golden

Agriculture is not a cancer culprit, GOP lawmakers insist. Besides, defenders of agricultural pollution, aficionados of hog manure and corporate interests making a bundle selling fertilizer and other ...

The effort to convince Iowans this is about intellectual freedom is laughably deceptive. It’s a right-wing think tank targeting instructors and others who, according to the thinkers, “hate their count...

Republicans should let history live and breathe, instead of teaching it as if it’s all just old patriots and parchment. Making history education the “study of and devotion to the United States’ except...

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Transgender Iowans, their allies and supporters protested bills advanced Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, by Republican lawmakers at the Iowa Capitol …

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds greets school children before signing a bill that creates education savings accounts, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, …

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Gov. Kim Reynolds spoke Saturday night for the inaugural event of the University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom in …

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In this Oct. 22, 2019 photo, a home is surrounded by flood waters in Bartlett, Iowa. Iowans have suffered from …

Climbing Kites, Iowa's first cannabis-infused sparkling water, features varying doses of THC and CBD. Thanks to a majority share purchase …

Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor and Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand speaks during his Johnson County Town Hall appearance at …

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Ashley Hinson discusses illegal immigration and LGBTQ policies during her official Senate Campaign kick-off at the Radisson Hotel in northeast …

Democratic State Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek speaks to supporters and guests at the Hoff Family Arts & …

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There are signs Reynolds' iron grip on Iowa isn't as grippy

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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird speaks at her campaign fundraiser at the Dallas County Fairgrounds in Adel, Iowa, on Saturday, …

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reacts after signing a bill that creates education savings accounts, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the …

Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, who recently announced he will run for Iowa governor, speaks to reporters at Lafayette Park in …