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Iowa City Community School District to purchase Tyler Building on ACT campus

Iowa City Community School District leaders unanimously approved a purchase agreement for the Tyler Building on the A...

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UI Hospitals and Clinics rolls out vaccines for young children

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics announced on Tuesday during a press conference that it will be opening slots...

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Center for Worker Justice receives funding to combat wage theft

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa on T...

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Reproductive health care clinics continue to provide services post-Roe

Reproductive health care clinics like the Emma Goldman Clinic and Planned Parenthood continue to provide reproductive...

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Advocates move to focus on local solutions after SCOTUS limits EPA regulatory power

Iowa environmental groups are pushing for legislation at the local and state levels after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 dec...

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Iowa City LGBTQ+ activists look forward to new Title IX rule taking effect

University of Iowa LGBTQ+ students and advocacy groups are excited for the future of LGBTQ+ rights in public educatio...

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Dobbs decision prompts GOP leadership to cut down abortion access in Iowa

Iowa Republicans are making headway in their attempts to restrict abortion in the state. Republicans’ efforts, howeve...

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Iowa election officials navigating new GOP election law ahead of midterms

As Iowa election officials prepare for the midterm elections, county auditors could face criminal penalties under a r...

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Hinson and other Republicans poke holes in Biden’s agenda ahead of midterms

Republicans are aiming to campaign on a few ideas to push their red wave this midterm election, which comes on the he...

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Franken responds to Grassley ad criticizing him for comments on rural Iowa

Admiral Mike Franken – the Democratic Senate candidate running against incumbent Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, – respo...

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Democrats look to leverage voter engagement for midterm elections

Iowa Democrats are looking to get voters to shore up a “blue wave” this midterm season. Democrats state Rep. Christin...

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Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96, Iowa politicians react to her death

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, after serving as the British monarch for 70 years. Her son, Prince Charles of Wa...

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Six Democrats run unopposed in Johnson County this midterm season

Six Johnson County candidates are running unopposed on the ballot in November, all of them Democrats. The candidates ...

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UI College Republicans call for expulsion of student who attempted to flip their table at student...

A member of the University of Iowa College Republicans is demanding the expulsion of a UI freshman after an incident ...

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Iowa Democrats say Republicans fighting “culture wars” instead of focusing on improving the state

Iowa Democrats say conservatives are too busy fighting “culture wars” in the statehouse to work on improving Iowa’s r...

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U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken accused of assault by former campaign manager

Editor’s note: This is a developing story, check back for updates. Mike Franken, Iowa’s Democratic candidate for U.S....

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Grassley says he won’t center Franken allegations, Grassley Works calls for accuser’s release fro...

After Democratic senate candidate, Mike Franken was accused of alleged assault by his former campaign staffer Kimberl...

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Iowa’s federal delegation aims to combat rural population decline through federal funds

Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a series on rural population decline in Iowa. Iowa’s federal delegation memb...

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Pence rallies for the “Great American Comeback” ahead of midterms

Former Vice President Mike Pence called for Republican turnout this midterm season during his speech at the Kaufmann ...

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Temporary funding resolution passes House, Senate to avoid weekend shutdown

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, voted against a stop-gap spending bill on Friday that would provide continued funding thr...

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Fact Check | Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the tr...

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Grassley confirms he wouldn’t vote for a national abortion ban during a debate Thursday

Iowa’s candidates for the U.S. Senate race sparred over their sharp ideological differences on the Iowa PBS stage on ...

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Sen. Joni Ernst advocates for increase in funding for diaper banks at Cedar Rapids visit

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, kicked off the seventh annual diaper drive at the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank in Cedar Rap...

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Fact Check | The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the tr...

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Rep. Ashley Hinson hospitalized, Tuesday debate canceled

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, was admitted to UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids on Sunday evening for...

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Federal judge dismissed lawsuit challenging Biden’s student debt relief plan

This is a developing story, check back for updates. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by six republican sta...

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Avoiding election day chaos: early voting begins in Iowa

Many Johnson County residents decided to get ahead of election night by voting early at the satellite early voting lo...

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Gov. Reynolds touts math and reading scores, rankings from national assessment

The National Assessment of Educational Performance, a national standardized test given to fourth and eighth graders t...

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“Just like a nightmare:” Fentanyl’s damages to Iowa communities

Devin Anderson was a football player and the captain of the soccer team at Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, Tennant, and Walnu...

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Polk County District Court will hear arguments to throw out injunction blocking 2018 fetal heartb...

Polk County District Court is scheduled to hear a motion on Friday at 1:30 p.m. to dissolve the injunction that perma...

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Fact Check | DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she did...

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the tr...

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Fact Check | Reynolds campaign ad on police support skips DeJear’s explanation

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the tr...

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Trump visits Sioux City, endorses Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sen. Chuck Grassley

Former President Donald Trump addressed bleachers holding thousands of Iowans dawning bright red hats filled the smal...

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Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson retains 2nd District seat, Liz Mathis concedes

Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, the incumbent in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, took the stage in Cedar Rapid...

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Federal judge strikes down Biden’s student-debt relief program

A Federal District Court Judge based in Fort Worth, Texas struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness ...

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JoCo election officials reflect on the 2022 midterm amid national threats

Among a national rise in election denial and death threats toward election officials, Iowa election officials sought ...

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Grassley, Ernst split on same-sex marriage vote

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley voted against a bill codifying same-sex and interracial marriages into federal law. Grassley...

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Biden extends student loan payment pause to June 2023

The White House announced Tuesday it will extend the pause on student loan debt payment to the middle of 2023. This e...

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‘I couldn’t stand living in my own skin’: Among a nationwide trend of anti-trans legislation, Iow...

Content Warning: This article mentions references to self-harm and suicide as well as transphobia. Growing up in Dubu...

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