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Democrat Josh Turek, running for U.S. Senate, spoke with a driver as he and former Iowa U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin knocked doors in Ottumwa Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Robin [...]

Several deer at Jester Park in Polk County on Nov. 7, 2024. (Photo by Karsan Turner for Iowa Capital Dispatch)Cooler temperatures and harvested crop fields are welcome conditions for deer [...]

The Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Northbrook Manor, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth)The federal government has added two Iowa nursing homes to its list [...]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, joined by, from left, fellow state attorneys Kris Kobach of Kansas, JB McCuskey of West Virginia and Mike Hilgers of Nebraska, held a news conference [...]

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (right), joined by Iowa law enforcement and members of the National Border Patrol Council, held a news conference in Urbandale Oct. 13, 2026 the organization endorsed [...]

Mill Creek as it flows under High County Road in Cherokee County. (Photo via Google Earth) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure discharge in Cherokee County [...]

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek debates his Republican opponent Ashley Hinson on Oct. 7, 2026, at Iowa PBS in Johnston. (Pool photo by Cody Scanlan/The Des Moines Register) Iowa [...]

David Russell sat holding an American flag on the steps of the Iowa Capitol as part of the "No Kings" protest in Des Moines March 28, 2026. (Photo by Robin [...]

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing oversees restaurant inspections in Iowa. (Photo via Getty Images; DIAL logo courtesy of Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing)State, city and [...]

A pastor interrupted an Ottumwa City Council meeting Tuesday after a former council member opened the session with an invocation that ended with a salute to Satan, setting off a [...]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)A leading Democratic campaign committee [...]

The Iowa Board of Medicine regulates the state's medical profession as part of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing. (Photo by Getty Images, board seal courtesy the State [...]

Iowa Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, spoke in opposition to legislation passed by the Iowa Legislature in a special session Oct. 2, 2026 making changes to a state economic development [...]

The Iowa Supreme Court's Attorney Disciplinary Board and the Grievance Commission of the Iowa Supreme Court handle ethics complaints filed against Iowa lawyers. (Photo via Canva; seal courtesy of the [...]

(Stock photo by Getty Images)Two behavioral health professionals from Iowa are currently facing disciplinary charges related to their relationships with patients. The first of the two cases involves Chad M. [...]

Republican Ashley Hinson pledged to be President Donald Trump's ally during her U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Cedar Rapids Sep. 14, 2025. Now some GOP candidates are distancing themselves [...]

(Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images)A company established by Iowa State University researchers is facing a lawsuit from its former partners in the business and a group of companies who say [...]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, joined by Jeremy Ingrim, director of the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and other members of the state Medicaid fraud task force for a meeting [...]

Iowa Corn Growers Association asked lawmakers for relief from high diesel fuel costs. Pictured is a fuel pump June 23, 2026. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital dispatch) As Iowa farmers [...]

Erich Bockman, co-owner of Fontenelle Supply Co., gave Iowa Rep. Josh Turek, who is running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat in 2026, a tour of the store in Des Moines' [...]

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, attended the Republican 4th Congressional District convention in Carroll on April 23, 2022. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price [...]

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat, and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, right, listened to Jacob Carnes, a McDonald's manager in Ankeny at a campaign event [...]

The Iowa Board of Regents approved increases to state appropriations requests from Iowa's public universities, whose leaders said they hoped to avoid passing inflationary expenses on to students. (Photo by [...]

The Iowa Board of Regents meets at the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 16, 2026. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa Board of Regents Wednesday provided initial approval [...]