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What Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot ruling means for Iowa’s elections
The US Supreme Court ruled to leave in place a lower court injunction halting President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting. Here’s what the president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union wants Iowans to know.
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How Iowa’s midterm candidates plan to address the state’s rising cancer rate
With Iowa facing the second-highest and fastest-growing cancer rate in the nation, midterm candidates lay out competing strategies to take it on.
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Anti-lobbyist candidate Joe Mitchell says he’s not a lobbyist. He just built a lobbying operation.
Joe Mitchell has built his congressional campaign around claims of being the one Republican who isn’t bought by lobbyists. For more than two years, he was the executive paying the lobbyists.
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‘Voter Protection Campaign’ to place thousands of volunteers at polls in November
Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now that they’ve won a major battle over mail ballots.
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Brenna Bird attacks rare noncitizen voting while defending dark money donations
Brenna Bird has targeted noncitizen voting in Iowa, resulting in just one conviction. She also has direct ties to big donations from “dark money” vehicles, drawing concerns about her priorities.
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Iowa Governor’s Office pay up 35% over decade as broader executive branch salaries decline, auditor finds
Salaries paid to Iowa’s executive branch employees fell 7.6% over the past decade when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released this week by State Auditor Rob Sand. However, the offices of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Secretary of State Paul Pate have bucked that trend, posting increases where the rest of the state’s…
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Iowa’s child labor problem 10 times worse than national rate: News for workers, Sept. 17, 2026
Our state had 10 times the rate of child labor law violations compared to the US as a whole in 2025, according to Common Good Iowa’s Sean Finn—and businesses are rarely penalized for it.
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Iowa workers stiffed $900 million a year. He wants to stop that theft
An estimated $900 million is stolen from Iowa workers by their employers every year. If he’s elected, labor lawyer Nate Willems says the state will finally do something about that.
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Nunn, Miller-Meeks flip on Iran war vote. Hinson continues to back Trump’s war
Every time the House has voted this year on ending the Iran war, Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted no. Tuesday, seven weeks before Election Day, both changed course. Ashley Hinson, running for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, still hasn’t.
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Zach Nunn’s fundraiser with Hegseth violated the law per watchdog complaint
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at US Rep. Zach Nunn’s fundraiser ran afoul of ethics laws guiding the use of taxpayer money for political purposes, according to a recent complaint made by a nonpartisan group.
