A focus on bread-and-butter issues, not the culture wars, helped an Iowa Democrat win in a red area. His playbook is now ...

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million ...

Week 5 of the 2025 Iowa Legislative Session closed with the first major deadline of the year. Individual legislators had ...

In his nearly four weeks in office, President Donald Trump has unveiled a constant stream of policy priorities in quick ...

Vance gradually became more supportive of Trump in the lead-up to his run for Senate in Ohio, where he defeated Democratic ..

Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in a special election last week. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48%, according ...

National Democrats are eyeing Republican U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn as they begin plotting out their 2026 midterm strategy.

Iowa Democratic Senator Mike Zimmer is sworn into office on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in the Iowa State Senate Chambers. Zimmer ...

Iowa tried a different frame for the state budget that showed the path to better efficiency, writes Jim Chrisinger.

“Iowa is a prime example of what a streamlined, bottom-up grassroots movement looks like, and I am honored to serve as ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Friday there will be a March 11 special election for a seat held by Republican Rep. Martin Graber, who died late last month. Graber, of Fort Madison, died of a ...

Democratic governors are trying to boost their “resistance” bona fides by opposing President Donald Trump’s first major action as commander in chief. Unfortunately for them, that first ...