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Fact Check | Voting machines aren’t behind mismatched results in Scott County election recounts

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the tr...

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Arrest made following Ped Mall shooting incident

Iowa City Police made an arrest in connection with multiple shots fired in the Pedestrian Mall Saturday afternoon. Da...

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The Cloakroom | Iowa House GOP introduce ‘don’t say gay bill,’ legislation requiring schools to r...

A coalition of 34 Republican representatives, including House Speaker Pat Grassley and Majority Leader Matt Windschit...

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Gov. Reynolds revived school voucher bill rapidly advancing

Republican leadership in the Iowa House and Senate are rapidly advancing the private school voucher legislation to a ...

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The Cloakroom | ‘Students First Act’ blazes through Senate Appropriations Committee

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ school choice program known as the ‘Students First Act’ passed a vote in the Senate Appropriations...

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Reynolds signed her $345 million school choice bill into law Tuesday morning

Students in Iowa attending private schools will now receive $7,600 in state tax dollars after Gov. Kim Reynolds signe...

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Iowa lawmakers consider regents funding increase in budget debate this week

Iowa House and Senate lawmakers started state budget negotiations for the state’s next budget this week — including a...

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This week in Iowa politics | Hinson appointed bipartisan committee investigating China’s influenc...

Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, was appointed to the Bipartisan Select Commi...

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School choice becomes nationwide conservative priority

Iowa is one of the first GOP-led states in the U.S. to expand access to private K-12 education with state taxpayer fu...

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This week in Iowa politics | Senate passes 3 percent increase in state funding for schools, house...

The Iowa Senate passed a bill to increase the state’s allowable budget growth for school funding to 3 percent, half-a...

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Reynolds signs 3 percent funding boost for public schools

Iowa school districts will receive a 3 percent funding boost, about $107 million, in state aid. Gov. Kim Reynolds sig...

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Iowa lawmakers move forward with caps for pain and suffering awards in liability lawsuits

An Iowa City jury awarded a local couple $98 million in damages last November because of negligence by a doctor at th...

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