Meet the two Indigenous sisters running for local office in Sioux City: Trisha Rivers and Jessica Lopez-Walker.  Both are enrolled members of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a sovereign and federally-recognized Native American nation near Sioux City. Rivers is...

Interested in where you can run into (or avoid) the GOP’s 2024 presidential candidates at the Iowa State Fair? We put together a list of each candidate's events at the fair so you can be on the lookout. The Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox Ten GOP...

For the first time this year, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will dispatch wildland firefighters to Montana and Texas to help combat raging fires in the west.  The Iowa DNR fire program consists of roughly 40 firefighters who are short-term, casual hires...

After a summer of back-to-back headlines addressing reproductive rights in Iowa, many college students face frustration and confusion in what is supposed to be one of the most memorable, formative times in their life. But when your bodily autonomy is up for grabs,...

Ryan Melton wants a rematch with US Rep. Randy Feenstra for the right to represent Iowa's 4th Congressional District. Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, has represented the district since 2021 and is seeking a third term in 2024. In their 2022 race, Feenstra...

“By asking a business if they're LGBT-friendly or a transgender safe space, that sends a message to the community, because those people need to know expressly that they are welcome there.”

After the Iowa House and Senate passed a new abortion ban bill—which essentially caps abortions at just six weeks into pregnancy which is before most people find out they're pregnant—reactions from abortion advocates and Iowa politicians came flooding in.  Gov. Kim...

For Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, the last six months have been particularly frustrating for various reasons.