Laura Belin breaks down Iowa's absentee ballot numbers and the unknowns halfway through the state's early voting period.

Randy Evans argues that the city of Woodward should not have restricted attendance to "community conversation" about a ...

Early vote totals, statewide and in each of Iowa's four U.S. House districts, updated every day new official figures are available.

Mike Tupper is the former Marshalltown police chief and the Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 52. I spent 32 years ...

Adam Shriver interviews reporter John McCracken about Sentient Media's new Inside Iowa project and interactive map of CAFOs.

When there's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea on the ballot, it doesn't have to become part of Iowans' lives.

Brian McLain shares the Iowa Democratic Party's 2026 platform, which the party has not published on its website.

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I defy you to find a better concise description of what's at stake in the upcoming election than Trump v. United States.

It's the third year in a row with a net revenue decrease for Iowa after 90 straight years of net revenue increases.

Government silence during a crisis creates an information vacuum that rumor, speculation, and misinformation quickly fill.