Gazette Fact Checker team

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Gov. Kim Reynolds’s 2024 Condition of the State address was heavy on claims about education in Iowa, but she also talked about the economy and health care challenges facing our state. The Gazette’s Fact Checker team checked nine of those statements -- which Reynolds used to bolster some of her key legislative priorities -- and gave her A’s, B’s and C’s for accuracy.

Cedar Rapids residents received a mailer earlier this month from Rick David and Barclay Woerner, two of nine candidates running for four seats on the Cedar Rapids school board. The Gazette’s Fact Checker looked at 11 claims on the mailer about incumbents Cindy Garlock, Dexter Merschbrock, Jennifer Neumann and David Tominsky.

Linn County lawmaker says the Iowa Legislature did not ban books. Is that true?

Parental rights and transgender-affirming policies have become a rallying cry with conservatives and among those vying for the Republican presidential nomination in the early nominating state of Iowa. And the Linn-Mar Community School District once again found itself at the forefront of the national gender identity debate.

Prices spiked in Iowa last week. An analyst says refinery disruptions are the real cause, and prices should start dropping soon.

An online ad by the Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology asks Iowans to opposed House File 347, which would allow optometrists to do more eye injections and surgeries.

Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi, D-Des Moines, criticized U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, in a March 23 retweet saying “Once again, Hinson leaves out huge chunks of information! The House GOP budget plan chops 2,000 border agents.”

The Fact Checker checked a claim U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, made about fentanyl overdose deaths in the country.

Fact Checker grades an ad opposing the Credit Card Competition Act, which would require large banks to provide merchants a choice of payment networks besides Visa or Mastercard in an attempt to reduce swipe fees merchants pay for credit card transactions.

The Fact Checker checked seven claims Gov. Kim Reynolds made during her televised speech Tuesday night.

The Fact Checker looks into Rep. Ashley Hinson’s claims on the cost of the student loan payment pause and whether President Biden’s action to extend the pause will drive inflation higher.

This week’s Fact Checker focuses on claims from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s attack ads in the lead-up to Election Day.

The Fact Checker is reviewing statements U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks made at a Sept. 27 debate about how the Inflation Reduction Act would affect the Internal Revenue Service.

The Fact Checker looks into state Rep. Christina Bohannan’s claims that Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, her opponent in Iowa’s 1st District race, “voted against a bill to hold the oil and gas companies accountable for corporate price gouging after taking tens of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry.”