Government & Politics

The records are emails that were encrypted to protect their confidentiality. When Iowa Human Services changed computer software in 2018, it reportedly lost the ability to decrypt virtually all of the encrypted messages sent over the previous two years.

Watch the replay of the livestream of the first Pints & Politics of 2022.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Jan 6 one year later, legislative look-ahead, and words we don't want to hear.

There were 353 traffic deaths in Iowa in 2021, according to a preliminary figure from the state transportation department. That is the highest number of traffic fatalities in Iowa since 2017, when there were 402, and a nearly 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Leaders in Iowa's Republican-led Legislature say they're waiting to see how court cases play out first before taking any further steps to restrict abortion access in the state — an assertion not all Democrats are buying.

The city of Cedar Rapids continues to seek volunteers for its Snow Buddies program to help residents in need of assistance clear snow. Nine of the 29 “Snow Buddies” clients still need to be paired with volunteers.

The now-retired Grant Harper decided to run for office in 2019 after a career that included teaching and coaching at Linn-Mar and various positions at Iowa Electric (now Alliant Energy) and Pearson Education.

A series of challenges resulting from the August 2020 derecho that taken together “gives me very little time to run an effective primary campaign,” Stover tells supporters