Tom Barton

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.

Abby Finkenauer pledged to serve just two terms if elected to the U.S. Senate in November and is calling for congressional term limits in Washington, D.C.

Davenport Democratic state lawmaker Jim Lykam will not seek reelection to the Iowa Senate. He will retire after serving out this current term through 2022.

Republican members of Iowa's congressional delegation claimed Tuesday that Democrats are manufacturing a voting crisis in order to exert more control from Washington, D.C.

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.

State Sen. Roby Smith says he will run for state treasurer in 2022 rather than seek re-election to the Iowa Legislature.

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted Wednesday to pass a Senate resolution that would invalidate President Joe Biden’s vaccine or test mandates for private employers.