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Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
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Latest Articles by Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Oct. 9, 2025 7:19 am67d ago
Iowa County Supervisor Abigail Maas said she is ready to translate her horse roping and riding skills to reining in taxpayer dollars and property taxes as state auditor.
Crime & Courts Oct. 8, 2025 11:44 am68d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court is set to decide whether Davenport city employees are immune from liability in a court case regarding the 2023 partial building collapse that killed three people, injured another person and displaced numerous residents.
State Government Oct. 7, 2025 3:12 pm69d ago
Democratic Iowa state Sen. Claire Celsi, of West Des Moines, died Monday, after spending weeks in hospice care, her daughter confirmed in a social media post.
News Oct. 7, 2025 7:28 am69d ago
Iowa State Patrolman and state Rep. Joshua Meggers sustained “non-life-threatening” injuries after his patrol car was hit head-on at the end of a 90-minute high-speed chase last week.
Government & Politics Oct. 1, 2025 7:30 am75d ago
He argues that Democrats’ health care demands would cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 26, 2025 7:26 am80d ago
Thirty-four school board and city candidates across seven Iowa counties will not be listed on the ballot in the November election due to errors made by filing officers.
K-12 Education Sep. 26, 2025 7:33 am80d ago
Iowa students have rebounded to pre-COVID performance across multiple subjects, including math, reading and writing, and saw an improvement in rates of chronic absenteeism last year, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday.
State Government Sep. 25, 2025 8:07 am81d ago
Speaking at a Westside Conservative Club meeting Wednesday in Urbandale, Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer, who is running for state auditor, explained her frustration with current State Auditor Rob Sand, who she said has “politicized the position.”
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 22, 2025 6:23 pm84d ago
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson on Monday said she supports the Trump administration’s move to terminate an annual federal report tracking food insecurity among Americans.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 22, 2025 3:53 pm84d ago
Education, celebrity, rural identity influenced which candidates Iowa voters supported in presidential elections since 2012.
State Government Sep. 16, 2025 7:10 pm90d ago
Roughly 30 people marched otuside the Iowa Department for the Blind building in Des Moines Tuesday to protest the changes made under new department leadership, which protesters said has silenced concerns from department employees regarding the changes.
State Government Sep. 15, 2025 2:17 pm91d ago
Catelin Drey, a northwestern Iowa Democrat who won an August special election and broke the Republican supermajority in the Iowa Senate, was sworn in at the Iowa Capitol Monday morning.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 5, 2025 7:34 am101d ago
Iowa will now have open-seat elections for governor and the U.S. Senate for the first time in nearly six decades, and half of the state’s federal delegation likely will feature new representation after the 2026 elections.
State Government Sep. 4, 2025 8:37 am102d ago
Republican legislative leaders said they will use money from the state’s $2 billion general fund surplus and $4 billion in the Taxpayer Relief Fund to cover the difference between how much revenue the state takes in and how much it’s budgeted to spend.
Campaigns & Elections Aug. 20, 2025 3:09 pm117d ago
Former Iowa Department of Administrative Services director and Republican Adam Steen said his goal to live in preparation of higher levels of leadership so that the “lord would be exalted” is what drove him to announce a run for governor.

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