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Host Ben Kieffer speaks with U.S. Congresswoman Cindy Axne.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she has rejected a federal request to accept migrant children into the state, saying the need to find homes for them “is the president’s problem.”

Host Ben Kieffer talks with political scientists from UNI and Cornell College about the congressional reaction to Biden's infrastructure plan and other top political stories of the week.

Members of Iowa’s largest Latino advocacy organization addressed longstanding issues and problems facing the state’s Latino communities at the state Capitol Wednesday.

Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley says Republicans lawmakers are planning to set aside “around $100 million” in next year’s state budget to expand broadband service in Iowa.

Several GOP politicians have plans for trips to Iowa and other early nominating states this spring. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the first since the election to gauge Iowans’ interest in person this week.

Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon, a Black woman, is facing charges after refusing to stop knocking on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office door.

Host Ben Kieffer speaks with pollical scientists Donna Hoffman and Jim McCormick about the biggest political news of the week.

Republican officials across the country are increasingly criticizing Democrat Rita Hart’s challenge of the election result in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, which state officials say she lost by six votes. Still, Hart’s legal team maintains her case is about ensuring all legally cast votes are counted and that the right candidate takes the southeast Iowa seat.

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ legal team has declined to provide further evidence to a House committee demonstrating that she is the rightful winner in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District election. An attorney for the congresswoman is taking issue with how the committee is handling the case challenging her six-vote margin.