Government & Politics

Former President George W. Bush will receive a humanitarian award and headline a fundraiser for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in Cedar Rapids.

Newcomer Republican Kris Gulick wants to be a voice for Eastern Iowans ; Incumbent Democrat Todd Taylor to work across the aisle to ‘produce really good results’

Gingrich was on the campaign trail with Zach Nunn, a Republican state senator seeking election to Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.

Brenna Bird, the Republican candidate for Iowa attorney general, accused current Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller of allowing a sex offender to go free because of a gender transition.

In a hearing Tuesday on a lawsuit over the Cedar Rapids ordinance requiring five of the nine-member Citizens Review Board identify as people of color, a judge asked whether the policy reflected a bias that white people could not identify trends rooted in bias.

Benton County’s sheriff says the solutions are a ‘good resolution’, but dog owners still want ordinance overturned.

Three candidates are on the ballot for the Iowa Senate in District 42, which covers much of rural Linn and Benton counties. Charlie McClintock won the Republican Primary in June. He will be facing Democratic nominee Jessica Wiskus, and Bruce Gardner, who is running without a party.

Iowa will receive about $6 million in federal grant dollars to help schools address student well-being as part of the bipartisan gun violence bill signed in June.