Kate Payne
ReporterKate Payne is an Iowa City-based reporter and served as a co-host of Iowa Public Radio's podcast Caucus Land. Kate has won Regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her feature reporting and her sound editing. Her political reporting has been featured on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and The NPR Politics Podcast. She's been a guest on MSNBC, CBSN, KQED, WGBH, CapRadio, WYPR and New Hampshire Public Radio.
Before coming to IPR, Kate was a reporter and fill-in host at WFSU in Tallahasse, FL. She is a proud North Florida native and a dyed-in-the-wool hand talker.
You can contact Kate at KPayne@iowapublicradio.org.
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The Republican Party of Iowa's State Central Committee has reelected Jeff Kaufmann as chair and elected former Speaker of the Iowa House Linda Upmeyer as co-chair. -
Local, state and federal law enforcement officials are working together to brace for potential threats at the state Capitol and elsewhere ahead of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Officials across multiple agencies say they're not currently aware of concrete, Iowa-specific threats, but that operational plans are in place if needed.
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Iowa's representatives in the U.S. House split along party lines on the vote to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time. One expert told IPR the divided nature of the delegation's votes reflects the nation's highly partisan political culture.
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Iowa Wesleyan University is forming an alliance with Southeastern Community College to boost enrollment for both schools and share certain costs. The announcement comes two years after IWU warned a lack of funds could force it to close within a matter of weeks.
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A grand jury has indicted Des Moines resident Doug Jensen on six charges for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump extremists. Photos and videos of the Des Moines resident during the siege have been circulated widely, showing him wearing a QAnon T-shirt and confronting law enforcement officers.
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Of all of the images captured of the mob of pro-Trump extremists that stormed the U.S. Capitol, among the most iconic is a photo of an Iowan. Doug Jensen, a 41-year-old Des Moines resident, is now in custody and faces five federal charges for his role in the riot.
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Iowa's incoming congressional delegation was sworn in on Sunday, joining what is the most diverse Congress in history. Once again made up of a majority of Republicans, the Iowa delegation includes three freshmen.
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This week's winter storm blanketed some Iowa communities in 10 inches or more of snow. That's an added challenge for Iowans still struggling to repair their homes in the aftermath of last fall's derecho.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she plans to provisionally seat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks as the next representative of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. But whether she will retain the seat remains unsettled, as her Democratic opponent Rita Hart challenges the outcome in the House.
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Three environmental groups are calling on MidAmerican Energy to retire its coal-fired power plants, in order to save ratepayers millions of dollars. The organizations are making their case to the Iowa Utilities Board, which is considering the company's latest emissions plan.
