The Latest Breaking News from Iowa

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

A video of a sports journalist in Iowa has racked up more than 20 million views on Twitter after he was recruited to help his station cover the icy storm for a day.

Mark Woodley was called on to report on Iowa’s frigid conditions. He wasn’t thrilled.

Iowa sports reporter Mark Woodley goes viral for his coverage of a blizzard.

"Can I go back to my regular job?"

In State v. Brimmer, decided today by the Iowa Supreme Court, the majority (Justices Dana Oxley, joined by Justices Christopher McDonald, Matthew McDermott, and David May) concluded that defendant's public trial rights were violated by the complete closure of his trial, including the exclusion of his family (here, just his…

In voting to exclude Iowa’s early caucuses and sandwich New Hampshire’s primary between those of South Carolina and Nevada, a key Democratic panel finally recognized the need for early tests that represent the party’s diversity.

No sooner had President Joe Biden told Democrats his preference for reordering the presidential primary calendar than states began balking

An Iowa construction worker has been sentenced to five years in prison after being at the center of of one of the most harrowing scenes of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

President Joe Biden has asked the Democratic National Committee to alter the presidential nomination calendar drastically for 2024. Notably, his proposal would remove Iowa from its coveted lead-off position by replacing the caucuses with the South Carolina primary, which would move up a few spots. Georgia and Michigan would be…

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