Government & Politics

The deadline to submit a request for a presidential preference card is 11:59 p.m. Monday.

Bills on education, gender and driving among those clearing first deadline.

Also, Christina Bohannan, the Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, is endorsed by abortion-rights group

“I don’t understand what the beef industry’s worried about, because I don’t know anybody who wants to grill soy burger when they have people over,” Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo said. “Iowans and people across this country love beef. Why are you worried?”

In a new report, Sand says a state board’s rejection of his request for information during an audit is an example of Republican efforts to limit his office’s authority.

Later this year, the city of Cedar Rapids will unleash its first neighborhood dog park in the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood near the New Bohemia District. Another dog park is in the works on part of the old Jones Golf Course.

Iowa voters would no longer be able to return absentee ballots in drop boxes under legislation that also would make it harder to challenge Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the 2024 general election ballot.

The restrictive abortion law is currently on hold as the court considers Gov. Kim Reynolds ' appeal of the lower court’s decision that paused the crux of it.