Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4 Iowa GOP gov candidates talk immigration, cancer; Feenstra skips (again)
As Republicans running for Iowa governor took the stage for another debate, the candidates honed in on policy differences regarding issues like legal immigration and addressing Iowa’s high cancer rates.
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Iowa asylum seeker from Bolivia to be deported to war-torn Congo
A federal judge has cleared the way for ICE officials to deport a Bolivian asylum-seeker from Iowa to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a war-torn country he’s never been to.
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Iowa minors could need parental approval for cancer-preventing HPV vaccine
The Iowa House passed a bill requiring parental consent for minors to receive the HPV vaccine, which protects against an STI that causes cancer.
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Here’s who will be on your Iowa primary ballot in 2026
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office Monday released the finalized list of candidates who will appear on the June 2, 2026 primary.
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Iowa bill preventing cities from protecting trans Iowans on governor’s desk
An Iowa bill that prevents cities or counties from protecting transgender Iowans is now awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to be signed into law.
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Criticism at city council meetings is legal, Iowa judge rules
Judge: City’s arrest of critic is ‘quintessential viewpoint discrimination’ by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch February 23, 2026 Declaring that a citizen was “targeted because he criticized the police department and city leadership,” a federal judge has ruled that the City of Newton violated the rights of a critic by twice having the man arrested…
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ICE actions in Iowa ‘indefensible,’ lied to court, judge says
A federal judge has criticized what he calls the “indefensible” actions of federal immigration enforcement agents in Iowa, ruling they illegally detained a man in the Muscatine County Jail and then attempted to “cover their tracks” through misleading legal filings.
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Iowa Guard soldier killed in Syria was Meskwaki police chief’s son
The Meskwaki Nation police chief has identified his son as one of the two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria Saturday.
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ICE almost deported Indigenous Des Moines woman
A day before Des Moines woman Leticia Jacobo was scheduled to be released from the Polk County Jail, jail staff told Jacobo she would be turned over to ICE agents—even though Jacobo is Native American.
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Overwhelming yes to $265M Des Moines school bond referendum
The $265 million Des Moines Public Schools bond proposal prevailed in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results, overcoming doubts about the measure’s prospects following the arrest of former district superintendent Ian Roberts.
