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 presidential...
15 Iowa Counties To Get Nearly $100 Million In Voucher Money
The Iowa Department of Education has approved $142 million in taxpayer dollars to go towards K-12 private school tuition for the 2023-24 school, and nearly $100 million of that amount will go to applicants in just 15 Iowa counties. New data from the department...
The History Behind All 63 National Parks In The US
People entered national parks nearly 312 million times in 2022. Here’s a brief history of all 63 national parks in the US.
Urbandale Pauses Removal Of LGBTQ Books From Schools
The Urbandale School District released updated guidance on Thursday about books that are to be removed from school buildings and paused on removing those that mention LGBTQ content. After reviewing the list with 382 titles and instead narrowed it down to 65. “We have...
Top Trump Official Was Ready to Use Military Against Americans to Stay in Power
A top member of Donald Trump’s administration was prepared to use a pre-Civil War law to unleash the US military against American civilians if they protested Trump’s attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. That revelation was one of...
Iowa Republicans Strangely Quiet After New Trump Indictment
After former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment, Iowa Republicans didn’t seem to have much to say. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Trump was charged with conspiring to defraud the United States for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election,...
‘Conspiracy to Defraud the United States’: Trump Indicted Again
Former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, marking the third time Trump has been indicted this year. Trump faces four counts...
Urbandale ‘First Shoe To Drop’ In Iowa School Book Bans
Board member Daniel Gutmann didn’t learn about the Urbandale School District's list of books to be removed from K-12 buildings until he heard about it from a reporter. “This was a complete shock to all of the board members,” he said. “This was done without any...
Iowa Wildland Firefighters Dispatched to Montana and Texas
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...
Minnesota Gov. Walz Says Things Can Turn Around In Iowa
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave Iowa Democrats something that has been in short supply lately: Hope. Walz was in Des Moines on Friday for a joint press conference with the Iowa Democratic Party, including chair Rita Hart and Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst....