Videos
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Kansas gov. to Zach Lahn: ‘It’s time to come back to Kansas’
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has a message for Zach Lahn, the Republican running for governor of Iowa. She notes that Lahn voted in Kansas as recently as 2022 and said it’s time for him to come home.
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New ad from Pro-Turek PAC takes a swing at politicians not showing up in Iowa
A new ad from Government Works PAC, a group supporting U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek, targets Rep. Ashley Hinson.
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Trump’s Iowa steel plant named fail of the week
On @nymag’s Pivot podcast this week, host Scott Galloway said Trump’s announcement was “performative masculinity,” and will ultimately raise costs down the supply chain.
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Will Iowa’s $15 billion steel plant save Republicans in November?
A month before the election, Republicans got the headline they wanted: a $15 billion steel mill they say is a done deal for Iowa. Will it change the game as they try to hold on to power during the midterms?
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What Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot ruling means for Iowa’s elections
Voting advocates emphasize that mail-in voting remains fully accessible, though voters must submit ballot requests to their county auditor by Oct. 19.
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Is Iowa really getting the country’s biggest steel plant?
Trump says Iowa is getting the US’s biggest steel plant by 2030, potentially bringing in thousands of jobs. But will it really happen, or is it a midterm mirage?
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The work history Joe Mitchell is leaving off his resume
Joe Mitchell, the Republican nominee for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, has built his campaign on opposing the insiders and lobbyists. We traced his résumé and it looks like the call might be coming from inside the house.
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The main reason Iowa has so many child labor violations
Iowa lawmakers passed laws loosening child labor laws, even though it went against federal law and confused Iowa businesses, because they were playing the long game. And it might soon pay off.
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Battleground Iowa gets a look at Trump-Epstein Reading Room
Iowa’s 3rd District candidate Sarah Trone Garriott toured the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Reading Room in Des Moines, walking through millions of pages of released files with survivor Sharlene Rochard and Sky and Amanda Roberts, siblings of Virginia Giuffre.
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‘Anti-lobbyist’ Joe Mitchell built a career tied to lobbying
Joe Mitchell is arguing that he’s the anti-lobbyist candidate. But he has built a career in the revolving door between elected politics and the influence industry.
