Government & Politics

Haley promises to slash budgets, be tough on China and enhance border security in her most recent Iowa campaign swing.

The races technically are nonpartisan, but they’ve become increasingly partisan in recent years as disagreements over school curriculum, transgender students and COVID-19 measures have galvanized education politics at the state and local level.

Iowa's four Republican U.S. representatives voted in favor of a House deal to fund the federal government for 45 days and avoid a shutdown.

The labor council also endorsed the Cedar Rapids Community School District bond referendum.

“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..

Iowa Utility Board members say his testimony “does not appear relevant” to their CO2 pipeline hearing for Summit Carbon Solutions.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died.

On the podcast this week, we discuss the second Republican presidential primary debate, Chuck Grassley has a hot take on a potential federal government shutdown, and some state boards are spared the review panel’s axe.