On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Chuck Grassley and Mike Franken debate, Newt Gingrich comes to Iowa with a Republican road map, and George W. Bush is in Iowa — but not for prying, media eyes.
Cedar Rapids’ City Planning Commission this week advanced Linn County’s request to rezone a property the county is preparing to open as a new overflow shelter for homeless individuals.
A Hiawatha man was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he left threatening voicemail messages for an Arizona county election official and an official at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Advocates for Social Justice worked with the family of William Rich, who was killed by police on Aug. 30, to organize protests requesting the release of police body camera footage of the incident. The non-profit released a statement Thursday in response to a decision that the shooting was legally justified.
Scam calls asking for payment of non-existent court fees have been growing more common, and scammers are finding more ways to appear legitimate, including using the names of actual law enforcement officers and telling victims they missed jury duty, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
But some parents worry about the impact of closing neighborhood schools and students’ ‘sense of belonging’
On the heels of a state report on lives lost to domestic violence in 2022, victim advocates say a measure on the ballot Nov. 8 will make it harder to enact gun laws in Iowa to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.
Republican Kerry Gruenhagen faces childcare advocate Deb VanderGaast in rural southeast Iowa.
Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum talks about carving career in horror genre, bones and all
Members of the state ethics board unanimously adopted an advisory opinion requiring “paid for” attribution on some political text messages.
President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of color.
It was the first and only scheduled debate between Grassley and Democratic challenger former Navy Admiral Mike Franken, as each tried to persuade voters they would be the better representative for Iowans in Washington.
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