Erin Murphy

The former president campaigned in Iowa on Sunday, holding a rally and visiting with farmers on the day before a trial is set to begin for charges he overvalued his real estate assets to banks.

“During the time I was Judiciary chairman and she was the ranking Democrat, we had a wonderful working relationship. She was a true public servant,” Grassley said..

Leaders on a state campaign oversight board say Cedar Rapids school officials did not violate state law, but that using public resources for signature-gathering efforts was not advisable.

Statehouse Republicans push back at the report, saying it covers only 6 years and question its definition of administrative expenses

Federal GEAR UP funding is designed to help districts with large shares of low-income students prepare those students for post-high school education and training.

The committee will announce its final recommendations in a meeting Monday. The recommendations would need to be approved by the Iowa Legislature and then signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds before taking effect.

The Iowa Public Information Board opted against advancing the proposal at its meeting Thursday, but plans to continue researching and discussing the topic.

The issue was prominent at an event held this past weekend in Iowa, hosted by the Christian conservative advocacy organization the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Three of Iowa's four congressional seats — which Democrats held as recently as 2020 — are still winnable, Iowa Democrats say, but the party doesn’t have candidates for two of them thus far.

Ten Republican presidential candidates spoke about faith, abortion, religious freedom and other topics in front of more than 1,000 evangelical voters in Iowa

The Iowa Public Information Board says it is considering to propose a change to state law to accommodate local governments that say they field open records requests that are “abusive and harassing.” Government transparency advocates warn the proposal would “seriously erode” the state’s open records law.

At least one Republican presidential candidate has suggested the FBI should be eliminated; U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said anyone who takes that position “is stupid for saying it.”

The former president and current Republican primary leader plans 5 trips to Iowa over the next 7 weeks, according to his campaign, starting next week in Eastern Iowa

Republican Party of Iowa chairman Jeff Kaufmann says presidential candidates and party activists would push back at requiring caucus participants to register before the Jan. 15 caucuses.

The recent restructuring of multiple state departments into one new agency that oversees most issues of health will help that agency address hunger and food insecurity in Iowa, the agency’s director said Thursday.