Brian Munoz
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St. Louis Public Radio
Some Midwest states have little to no regulations of Flock Safety cameras or other automated license plate readers. As surveillance companies face bipartisan backlash, that is likely to change during the next legislative session.
Jared Strong
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
Grant Gerlock
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Iowa Public Radio
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The race for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's open seat is getting increasingly competitive. Democrats hope it's one of the Senate seats they can flip to gain control of the chamber. -
Republican Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks broke with their party Tuesday to limit the president's war powers in Iran. They both face competitive U.S. House reelection races this fall. -
Republican incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks faces Democrat Christina Bohannan for the third time in a race for eastern Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. They both recently discussed Iowa's high cancer rates and different ideas about how to address it.
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Iowans were able to begin requesting absentee ballots for the 2026 general election on Tuesday, even as the Trump administration continues to fight in court for changes in the process of voting by mail. -
Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn met with cancer survivors and advocates to discuss Iowa's growing cancer rate three weeks after Democratic opponent Rob Sand. -
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in central Iowa to discuss the Trump administration’s emphasis on fitness in K-12 schools.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the Iowa State Fair on Monday to tout support for U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn and to promote his $1.5 trillion defense budget proposal. Hegseth called Nunn an ally in Congress for military spending and the department's war efforts. -
U.S. Senate candidates Republican Ashley Hinson, Democrat Josh Turek and Libertarian Thomas Laehn spoke at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the first days of the state fair. -
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved by voice vote its lineup of six early primaries for the 2028 election cycle, kicking off with South Carolina and Nevada. Notably, the early lineup excludes Iowa, despite a push from its state party officials to keep it among the initial contests.
