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When is a bribe not a bribe?


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State Auditor Rob Sand speaks at the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration on July 27, 2024 (photo by Greg Hauenstein)

"Lead us not into temptation": How Rob Sand weaves faith and politics


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Donald Trump at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20, 2024

So what if Trump was hit by shrapnel?


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Ryan Melton at the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration on July 27

Six reasons I'm motivated to keep going in a red district


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Protester's sign in the Iowa state capitol on February 27, 2024 (photo by Laura Belin)

Landowners should not be intimidated by Summit Carbon's letter


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Future of lower drug prices in Medicare depends on voters


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President Donald Trump poses with a Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington on June 1, 2020. Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead

The Beatitudes according to Trump


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Top Iowa Republicans at the GOP convention in Milwaukee

Iowa Republicans suddenly concerned about "disenfranchising voters"


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Prairie blazing star (photo by Diane Porter)

Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Prairie blazing star


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Vice President Kamala Harris at Grandview University in Des Moines on March 16, 2023 (photo by Greg Hauenstein)

Four ways Kamala Harris could help down-ballot Iowa Democrats


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U.S. Representative Zach Nunn at a roundtable in Des Moines on May 20, 2024

Some Iowa politicians also avoid tough questions


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Proposed homeless ordinance for Des Moines is unethical


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Senator Joni Ernst in the convention hall on July 15 (photo posted on her social media)

Does RNC snub signal lasting fallout for Joni Ernst?


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Des Moines City Hall (Randy Runtsch, Shutterstock)

Do better, Des Moines


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Polk County courthouse in Des Moines (David Harmantas, Shutterstock)

Where things stand with Iowa's near-total abortion ban


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Sign outside John Deere Des Moines Works in Ankeny (U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Wikimedia Commons)

John Deere bows to conservative backlash on DEI


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New sports academies raise serious questions


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"Know when to walk away, and know when to run"


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Image courtesy of Food & Water Action

Iowa candidates must pledge to reject carbon pipeline money


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Regal Fritillary

Why the Regal Fritillary should be Iowa's State Insect


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