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Clover controversy: Iowa 4-H accused of systemic racial, cultural discrimination
A new lawsuit, records and witnesses allege systemic discrimination. State officials deny those claims, but say 4-H needs to diversify membership.
Letters: Democrats, stop obsessing over the Mueller report
This week's letters to the editor
Chuck Grassley: Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Obamacare, so no need to create replacement
Grassley says he's working on other bills, including efforts to lower prescription-drug prices, but won't offer a comprehensive Obamacare replacement.
More Iowa farmers face trouble securing financing as planting season nears
"We’re finding a lot of farmers calling us, saying they don’t have enough money to pay rent," says a Cedar Rapids bankruptcy attorney.
Jay Inslee believes climate change intensified flooding in Hamburg. Some residents say no.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee toured Hamburg, a town in western Iowa devastated by flooding this year.
Public workers should not leave free speech rights at employee entrance
Corrections worker disciplined for newspaper interview; Ida Grove shuns fluoride; Iowa lawmakers let corporations write bills.
Severely disabled Iowans are dying at a state-run institution. Staff say care has declined, while the state defends its care.
"It's not normal to have this many deaths," said ex-administrator Kathy King. State says each death is extensively reviewed to ensure care was proper.
In Iowa, Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote from behind bars
The Vermont senator was asked whether the imprisoned should have the right to vote. Only his home state and Maine allow felons to vote from behind bars. "I think that is absolutely the direction we should go," he said.
Wrong-patient prostate cancer surgery costs Iowa Clinic $12.25 million in malpractice case
The Iowa Clinic admitted its doctor's error caused the wrong patient to get surgery, but the clinic's lawyer recommended jurors award just $750,000.
Why some Iowa legislation looks a lot like bills crafted by special interest groups
A two-year national investigation estimated at least 10,000 bills were copied from outside groups.
Felon voting rights constitutional amendment won't advance this year
The decision not to vote on the proposal deals a blow to one of Gov. Kim Reynolds' top legislative priorities.
With measles on the rise nationwide, Iowa and other states question religious, personal vaccine exemptions
Iowa's last confirmed measles case was in 2011, but recent legislation has sparked debate over vaccine exemptions in the Statehouse.
Donald Trump said wind turbines cause cancer. Chuck Grassley called that 'idiotic.'
"I'm told that the White House respects my views on a lot of issues," Grassley said. "(Trump's) comments on wind energy ...were, first of all, idiotic. And it didn’t show much respect."
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Des Moines Register
Iowa's Chuck Grassley says Trump's wind energy comments were idiotic and don't show respect.
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UnitedHealthcare is pulling out of Iowa's private Medicaid management program
UnitedHealthcare manages care for more than 425,000 poor or disabled Iowans, which is more than two-thirds of all Iowans on Medicaid.
Iowa House overwhelmingly passes felon voting rights constitutional amendment
The amendment, which would restore voting rights for felons who have completed their sentences, is now eligible for consideration in the Iowa Senate.
Bernie Sanders: I'll fight for farmers against powerful agribusiness
While massive corporations get richer, farmers who grow our food are getting only 15 cents of every dollar that a consumer spends on their product.
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Des Moines Register
Sen. @BernieSanders writes in a guest column that he'll strengthen anti-trust laws and again allow farmers to sue "big corporate middlemen" if he's elected president.
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World Food Prize president, Iowa-raised Ken Quinn, announces retirement after 20 years
Having no money for law school, Iowan Ken Quinn took the Foreign Services exam and became an ambassador for both his country and feeding the world
EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren lays out plan to target corporate agriculture, support family farms
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a policy proposal supporting family farmers ahead of her next presidential campaign trip to Iowa.
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Des Moines Register
"We can make better policy choices — and that means leveling the playing field for America's family farmers," Elizabeth Warren wrote in a Medium post outlining her proposal, released first to the Des Moines Register.
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Will 2020 Democrats address ag-industry concentration?
Excessive agribusiness power is a global problem, preventing people from eating today and threatening everyone’s ability to eat tomorrow.
Andrew Yang hires 3rd District Democratic operative to run his Iowa campaign
Andrew Yang names Iowa's third congressional Democratic chairman Al Womble as his Iowa campaign chair.