Erin Murphy

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.

The five current and former Iowa and Iowa State athletes have pleaded guilty to underage betting, which carries only a fine and no jail time.

A current Iowa State wrestler and former football player have been charged with Class D felony identity theft; both men have pleaded not guilty.

The CEO of U.S. Integrity says ‘bad actors’ must be caught and removed, but often improper or illegal sports bets by athletes are due to misunderstanding of rules and laws.

That administration published state-level data after announcing 10 prescription drugs whose costs it plans to negotiate for Medicare patients under a new federal law

The CEO of a prominent, national sports betting integrity company says Iowa skipped some steps normally taken by other states that leaves blind spots, unanswered questions.