Campaigns & Elections

UPDATE: At 11 a.m., fewer voters in Cedar Rapids had voted than had gone to the polls to vote in …

Polls open at 7 a.m. today, as area voters head to the polls for municipal elections and local referendums around …

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told Iowa Republicans last Friday night that the tea party’s partial shutdown of the federal government …

Iowa City needs to improve its bike infrastructure. That was the consensus of five Iowa City city council candidates at …

One week before Iowa City voters choose whether 19-year-olds again should be allowed in bars at night, University of Iowa …

Although he’s had “intense, one-on-one conversations” with Sen. Ted Cruz and considers him a “full spectrum constitutional conservative,” U.S. Rep. …

Sen. Ted Cruz’s 21-hour faux-filibuster and 16-day federal government shutdown may have been for naught, but the Texan likely will …

A deeply divided and partisan Congress comes close to forcing the country to default on financial obligations, and only a …

The $270 million question came right out of the gate. With a campaign that thus far has focused on what …

Two-term City Council incumbent Pat Shey and challengers Robert Bates, Robin Kash and Alan Modracek fielded a long list of …

Linn County Republicans joined a growing chorus of county parties calling for the resignation of the chairman of the Republican …

Four Democrats hoping to the Iowa’s next governor laid out ambitious plans for the state beginning with the defeat of …