Tom Barton

State Rep. Charlie McClintock came out two votes ahead of combat veteran Colman Silbernagel in a reversal of unofficial election night results in the June 7 GOP primary for Iowa Senate District 42 following hand recounts of the ballots.

Iowa’s Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a bipartisan gun bill that cleared Congress on a mostly party-line vote and is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature.

GOP lawmakers celebrate reversal as abortion rights supporters decry ruling

Proposal to create AMBER Alert-style system fails first test, but likely will return for another vote in U.S. House.

Iowa Democrats argued Thursday the state offers a path to victory for longshot candidates and opportunities for meaningful conversations with rural Americans as they made their pitch to hold onto their place at the front of the party’s presidential nominating calendar.

A Republican National Committee field office in Cedar Rapids was vandalized over the weekend.

Cedar Rapids Charter Review Commission says Iowa’s second-largest city, with a trend of Republican mayors serving a Democratic-leaning city, should consider piloting a new way for selecting city leaders -- once Iowa law allows.

Iowa Democrats will present proposed changes to its caucuses in an effort to streamline the process and hold onto its place at the front of the party’s presidential nominating calendar.

The Cedar Rapids Democrat is likely to become Iowa’s first Arab American state lawmaker. He is running unopposed in the November election in House District 78. At age 26, he also would be one of the state’s youngest lawmakers.

The U.S. House on Thursday passed several pieces of legislation aimed at addressing high fuel and food costs and supply chain issues, including expanding the availability of higher-ethanol fuel blends

As federal lawmakers hash out details of bipartisan gun laws in the wake of recent mass shootings, a new coalition of gun safety advocates warn a pro-gun amendment to the Iowa Constitution will prohibit reasonable safety measures that Iowans support.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 522, which sets criminal charges — ranging from misdemeanors to felonies punishable by up to 25 years in prison, based on the severity of the crime.

From pushing to provide taxpayer funding to pay for students to attend private schools, to a flat tax and abortion restrictions, DeJear argues Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has prioritized extreme policies over Iowans while real issues like rural revitalization and access to quality, affordable health care have been shortchanged.

Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday refrained from directly weighing in on whether the Republican National Committee was right to censure two House Republicans for participating in House Democrats’ investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Wednesday said he is urging a fair confirmation process to vet President Joe Biden's eventual nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.