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Iowa doesn’t have enough maternal health care specialists, and that long-standing problem could get worse if the recently passed six-week abortion ban goes into effect. The ban penalizes doctors for performing abortions if electrical impulses are detected in the...
Vivek Ramaswamy would ban anyone under 16 from having social media accounts and believes members of Gen Z would choose TikTok over voting rights if forced to decide. The Ohio businessman and 2024 Republican president candidate shared these thoughts during Friday stops...
The state’s first Black woman judge, a longtime mayor and a health-focused community organizer are this year’s three new honorees inducted into the Iowa’s Women’s Hall of Fame.
The Students First Act will continue to hobble Iowa’s public schools while providing subsidies to private school parents who typically have the resources to cover the cost of their children’s tuition. The claims some are making—that such a program is more...
As we head into the last few months of 2023, raise a glass and mark your calendar for these wine and beer festivals happening across the state. Cheers!
If you are an Iowa parent wondering why your local school district needs your permission to call your child by their nickname this school year, it’s because of a new law spearheaded by Iowa Republicans. SF 496 was a massive education bill championed by Gov. Kim...
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...
Another parent in Johnston is fighting efforts to restrict access to books in schools, and she’s doing it with a box in her front yard.
There's nothing quite like the Iowa State Fair during caucus campaign season. And this year's circus was particularly intense, due largely to the Donald Trump/Ron DeSantis showdown on Saturday. Throughout the hot, sun-filled days, several key scenes revealed where the...
Dr. Amy Bingaman knows there may come a time in the near future when she might have to choose between her Iowa medical license or the life of a pregnant person she is treating. “I could never imagine letting a woman die on my watch when I could intervene,” Bingaman...
As more than a dozen GOP presidential candidates descend on Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) wants to send them a message they won’t miss. The DNC is placing a billboard in Iowa’s capital city attacking Republican candidates...
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...
Iowa is home to some of the best geode hunting in the US. Here’s how to find them—and lots of other rocks—on your next treasure hunt.
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...
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....
Looking for the best ice cream in Iowa? Look no further: Iowans gave us the scoop on the Top 30 places to cool off with a sweet treat.
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, how...
The Iowa GOP held its Lincoln Dinner on July 28 and 13 Republican presidential candidates spoke at the event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Here a few highlights from some of the speakers: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Hayley calls for mental competency...
If you’re looking to get outside for a low-impact workout, several cities around Iowa have you covered. Take a look at the cities offering yoga classes this summer:
We have enough data that identify what the challenges are. What remains for us to do is to summon the will to confront and defeat those pernicious forces!
With hotter temperatures in the forecast this week than Iowa has seen all year, cooling centers are opening up around the state where people can recover in an air conditioned place for free.
At a time when no town seems safe from the nation’s ultra-divisive politics, Kimberly Sheets hopes that voters in Warren County will value an old-fashioned commitment to service and experience over partisanship in the upcoming special election for county auditor....
As cyclists crossed the state for RAGBRAI, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it just released its latest bicycle map for the 2023-24 season.
The Hawkeye State leads the nation in pork production—so you’re gonna find some of the best barbecue joints anywhere in the Midwest right here in Iowa. We’ve got a list of 13 that are owned by locals.
Ah, dive bars. Loved by regulars, but never snobby or high class. We asked Iowans which ones were the best, and you delivered.
Even as she prepared to sign her second abortion ban as Iowa's governor, Kim Reynolds took time to attack three Republican-appointed Iowa Supreme Court justices. Reynolds, also a Republican, accused three members of that court—Chief Justice Susan Christensen and...
What’s the best brewery in Iowa? It’s a tough question to answer. There are too many good ones! So we put it to you for the definitive list.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Iowa's new six-week abortion ban into law in front of about 2,000 evangelical Christians at the Family Leader Summit in Des Moines on Friday. “The passage of this legislation by even a wider margin this time sends an unmistakable message,”...
During the first half of Friday's Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, one Republican candidate shared his thoughts about abortion and Iowa’s newly passed six-week ban, while two other "pro-life" candidates avoided the issue despite the friendly setting. Across the...
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...
