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Sen. Joni Ernst listens to questions from The Daily Iowan Politics Team in her office in the Russell Office Building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Ernst to seek No. 3 spot in Senate Republican leadership
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 11, 2024

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, confirmed to Politico on Sunday that she would be running for the No. 3 Senate Republican leadership spot — the Republican Conference Chair. Ernst would be the first woman to hold the position since 1973, and the first Iowan since 1908.  Ernst,...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds publicly endorses Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his 2024 presidential election bid at the River Center in Des Moines on Monday Nov. 6, 2023.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shifts support to former President Donald Trump
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 6, 2024

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shifted her support to former President Donald Trump in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/KimReynoldsIA/status/1765501182812848379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The new endorsement comes after Reynolds initially announced...

Nikki Haley speaks during a watch party for the Iowa caucuses at the Marriott on Jordan Creek Pkwy in West Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Haley was optimistic and encouraged caucus-goers that America needs a new leader besides Joe Biden or Donald Trump
Nikki Haley drops presidential campaign
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 6, 2024

Nikki Haley suspended her campaign Wednesday morning after significant losses on Super Tuesday.  Haley gained 89 delegates, to Trump’s 995, during Tuesday’s primary. Haley only won one state, among the 15 that held primaries that day, leading Trump in Vermont by four...

President Joe Biden speaks during his visit at the POET Bioprocessing ethanol plant in Menlo, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
Iowa’s federal lawmakers respond to President Biden’s State of The Union
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 8, 2024

Iowa’s federal delegation was critical of Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border following his annual State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress on Thursday night.  During his more than hour-long address Biden lambasted...

Sunlight shines through windows before during the “No Eminent Domain! No Carbon Pipelines!” Rally at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy did not qualify for the Republican presidential debate in Iowa later that night.
Iowa House passes bill to make ‘smuggling’ undocumented immigrants a new crime
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 7, 2024

Iowans could now see jail time for human “smuggling,” a new crime created under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa House Republicans.  The bill, House File 2608, would make it a class “C” felony to transport undocumented immigrants for gain or with the intent to...

Speaker of the House, Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, looks over documents during the first day of the 2024 Iowa legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Grassley has been in the house since 2007.
Iowa House passes bill to increase penalties for killing ‘unborn person’
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor • March 7, 2024

Iowans could face more jail time for ending a pregnancy without consent under a bill passed on Thursday by Iowa House Republicans. Democrats caution the bill could affect in vitro fertilization treatments. The bill, House File 2575, would increase penalties for intentionally...

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UI graduate student plans to run for Iowa House seat
Jack Moore, News Editor • March 4, 2024

Anna Banowsky, a 26-year-old University of Iowa graduate student, announced her bid for the Iowa House on Saturday. Banowsky said she plans to run because residents of Iowa House District 92, which encompasses southern Johnson County and all of Washington County, aren’t being...

Vince Everett Ellison holds up a photo of Iowa City activist graffiti during a guest lecture at the IMU on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Ellison is a conservative speaker invited by YAF who opposes DEI and abortion. Two dozen protesters played a “bingo board” made out of Ellison’s talking points.
Iowa YAF brings Vince Everett Ellison to IMU, protesters raise money for reproductive health care
Liam Halawith and Roxy Ekberg February 27, 2024

As Iowa lawmakers consider legislation to codify the Iowa Board of Regents’ efforts to reduce the number of diversity equity and inclusion offices in Iowa’s public universities, anti-DEI advocate and speaker Vince Everett Ellison upheld the policies to the conservative...

Members of the Johnson County Democratic Party’s Central Committee meet at Carpenters Local in Iowa City on Thursday Feb. 1, 2024. The committee was voting on whether to censure the Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith.
Resolution to denounce JoCo attorney for protester arrests fails after heated debate
Alejandro Rojas, News Editor • February 2, 2024

In a packed room at the Carpenters Union Local 1260 at 1008 William St., the Johnson County Democrats Central Committee voted against a proposed resolution Thursday night to censure county attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith for charges against seven protesters. Supporters...