Fact Checker Podcast

“We know that 80 percent of our growth in Cedar Rapids comes from existing businesses,” Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate Tiffany O’Donnell said. Is she correct?

Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann says Democrat Liz Mathis voted against ‘largest tax cut in Iowa history.’

In a TV ad airing in Cedar Rapids and across the U.S., a pharmaceutical trade organization claims that proposed legislation to allow the federal government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies on the cost of drugs would mean Medicare patients won’t be able to access the medications they need. But is that true?

State and local governments across the nation are contemplating how to spend their shares of funding allocated through the federal American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill intended to support the public health response and lay a foundation for an equitable economic recovery.

Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer said Sen. Chuck Grassley is a multimillionaire who has owned a home in Washington since she was 5 years old.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she’s concerned that migrants crossing the border were unvaccinated and traveling throughout the U.S. at a time when new COVID-19 cases are on the rise nationwide.