Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst crossed the Missouri River on Saturday to encourage more than 100 Republican volunteers in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District to spend the next few weeks knocking on voters’ doors for former President Donald Trump.

The Republican incumbent, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), first won election to Congress in 2020 by six votes. A state legislator who had lost three previous bids for the House of Representatives, Miller-Meeks finally won by an extremely close margin amid the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nov. 5 election features several competitive races that will help decide control of the presidency, Congress and the Iowa Legislature.

Under Iowa law, judges are appointed by the governor but subject to retention elections, where voters get a yes-or-no vote on whether to keep them in their position. This year's slate includes Supreme Court Justice David May and four judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals,

The Iowa Supreme Court filed its decision Friday over the dispute that lasted more than four years between Linn County and the Iowa Voter Registration Commission.

Iowa’s public schools are under attack. That was the message last Sunday at the Tama Civic Center during a book talk with author/educator/podcaster Jennifer Berkshire hosted by the 501(c)(4) social welfare organization Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund (Iowa CCI).

The amendment would clarify that if the governor leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor and can appoint their own replacement.

The amendment would clarify that if the governor leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor and can appoint their own replacement.

Iowa voters are asked each election cycle whether they would like to retain justices in Iowa's court systems, a process that has been in place for decades. However, the recent Iowa Supreme Court decision on a law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy has revived debate around Iowa's retention structure,

The Iowa Secretary of State's Office has announced a new voter initiative to get veterans to the polls on Nov. 5. "It's time that each of you have confidence and resources to go forth and to exercise that right to vote that you have already spent time fighting for and protecting,

Democratic U.S. House candidate Christina Bohannan touted her legal expertise on abortion as a UI law professor in vowing to restore abortion rights.

The Midwest Newsroom partnered with Emerson College Polling to ask registered voters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska a wide range of questions ahead of the general election.