Senate Majority Leader John Thune joined U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is running for the Senate in 2026, for a roundtable discussion on the impacts of the 2025 tax law [...]

A voter submits a ballot for the 2024 general election on the first day of early voting, Oct. 16, 2024, at the Polk County Election Office in Des Moines. (Photo [...]

U.S. Senate candidates Josh Turek, right, and Zach Wahls debate at Iowa PBS, May 5, 2026, in Johnston. (Pool photo)Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Josh Turek and Zach Wahls sparred Tuesday [...]

(Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images)The attorney for a Waterloo medical clinic is being sued by other Iowa healthcare providers for alleged conflicts of interest in his legal work. The lawsuit [...]

Iowans urge lawmakers to support a state water quality monitoring system at a rally for clean water at the Iowa Capitol Feb. 19. 2026. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) [...]

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to a crowd of more than 1,000 people at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, May, 1, 2026.U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at [...]

Ricki King, a public historian who serves on the boards of the Iowa Historical Foundation and the State Historical Society of Iowa, speaks April 30, 2026 to lawmakers in opposition [...]

Police tape covers the sign at the visitor's entrance to the State Capitol, which was closed to the public on March 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Six years [...]

From left: Republican gubernatorial candidates Adam Steen, Brad Sherman and Eddie Andrews share their vision for Iowa’s future during a debate hosted by Iowa PBS on April 28, 2026, in [...]

Students eat lunch at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake, Utah, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch)The Iowa Senate sent Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Make [...]

Ryan Kunkle collects water from the Middle River in Warren County to test for nitrates. (Screenshot from video by Zach Sommers for Iowa Capital Dispatch)On a Wednesday in April, after [...]

Ralph Hall, the father of Ashley Marie Hall, who was killed in an April 10 shooting, told reporters at the Iowa Capitol April 23, 2026 he disagreed with links made [...]

UNI faculty member and union leader Chris Martin spoke during the Iowa Board of Regents meeting public comment time against proposed board manual policy changes. (Photos courtesy of University of [...]

Iowa lawmakers hit the 100th day of the legislative session on April 21, 2026, but still have major issues to address before lawmakers can go home. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa [...]

The Iowa House passed a bill prohibiting the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services from precluding prospective parents from consideration to foster or adopt a child on the basis [...]

Property tax sign on a house model. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/18/26 by Iowa Writers Collaborative Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland and Kathie [...]

Flags representing the nationalities of current Grinnell College students are displayed in the college's Gallery of Flags. (Photo courtesy of Grinnell College)Fighting in the Middle East forced the cancellation of [...]

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled against former Sioux City schools superintendent Paul Gausman in a dispute over whether the Sioux City school board violated Iowa's open meetings law in [...]

Legislators have considered several proposals this session that would establish new steps in checking individual's citizenship status and eligibility to reside and work in the United States. (Photo via Getty [...]

Rep. Devon Wood, R-New Market, spoke April 14, 2026, on legislation that would require in-person visits for a person to be prescribed abortion-inducing medication. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)While [...]

DMACC Controller Ben Voaklander spoke to the community college board of directors April 13, 2026. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Des Moines Area Community College is set to increase its [...]

High gas prices are fueling higher prices for other consumer goods -- and plenty of political rhetoric. (Photo by Leann Ray/West Virginia Watch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/11/26 [...]

Mirna Elena Marin De Marcano is taking immigration agencies and officials to court over the federal government's alleged cancellation of her planned oath-of-citizenship ceremony. (Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images) [...]

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joined Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, who is running in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, for a town hall on health care at the Iowa [...]

Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand discussed their campaign agendas as they run for Iowa governor. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/4/26 [...]

(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Nursing)An Iowa nurse who has repeatedly faced allegations of stealing from patients is now facing disciplinary charges from the Iowa Board of Nursing. [...]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn spoke with supporters who came to celebrate the opening of his West Des Moines campaign headquarters April 2, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)As [...]

A wrongful death lawsuit against a Des Moines hospital alleges a pattern of failing to stabilize and provide timely treatment for emergency room patients. (Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images)A wrongful [...]

Iowa Rep. Eddie Andrews and his attorney Jacob Heard attended the second day of a State Objection Panel hearing on a challenge to Andrews' place on the 2026 Republican gubernatorial [...]

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 [...]

Gov. Kim Reynolds answered questions from reporters at a media availability Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a tax increase on health [...]

The Nebraska-Iowa rivalry is one of the first for Husker fans since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2010. The feeling is sometimes mutual. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)Early in Tim Miles’ [...]

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson held a news conference after filing her paperwork March 11, 2026 to be on the primary ballot for U.S. Senate. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) [...]

The Iowa State Capitol as seen Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Following the second “funnel” deadline of the Iowa legislative session, lawmakers often aim to shift their [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and No. 9 seed Iowa weathered his erratic shooting to hold… TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and [...]

Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R-Peosta, spoke March 19, 2026, in the Iowa House on a bill that increases a tax on health maintenance organization premiums for nine months in order to [...]

The bill passed by the Iowa House on March 17, 2026, requires the government and licensing boards to use the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database and E-Verify [...]

Iowa Auditor Rob Sand and his gubernatorial campaign staff brought multiple boxes containing binders of petition signatures to the Iowa Secretary of State's office March 9, 2026, submitting paperwork qualifying [...]

(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Medicine)A West Des Moines doctor accused of incompetence has had his license placed on probation for one year. Iowa Board of Medicine records [...]

The Iowa State Capitol as seen Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced a measure Wednesday that would impose a one-time [...]

A protest led by congressional Democrats outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2026, attracted a crowd of up to a couple hundred. (Photo [...]

A cow stands in a southwest Iowa pasture that was previously an unproductive row crop field. The cow also stands in front of a pond that the Walters family installed [...]

The Iowa Capitol on Dec. 20, 2024. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Bills to prohibit cloud seeding in Iowa, raise the punishment for animal torture and require state prioritization of [...]