Nikoel Hytrek

Democrats Heather Matson and Molly Buck will now represent Ankeny in the Iowa House after flipping two Republican-held seats. They both chalked up their victories to knocking on people’s doors no matter their party affiliation, the organization efforts of Ankeny Area Democrats, and pushing early voting. Matson previously represented Ankeny for one term in 2019…

Higher wages for daycare workers. Improved childcare facilities. Additional care for underserved communities, infants and toddlers, and children with disabilities are all items a federal grant would have helped Iowa pay for. However, Iowa missed its latest chance to address those needs when Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services…

Iowa’s senators were split as the US Senate voted 62-37 to advance a bill to uphold and protect Americans’ rights to marry. The Respect for Marriage Act would codify same-sex and interracial marriage by requiring the federal government to recognize those marriages. It also requires states to recognize out-of-state marriages regardless of the sex, race, ethnicity…

The state of Iowa will lose an opportunity to receive $3o million in federal funding for child care because Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office didn’t want to commit $3 million in matching state funds despite Iowa having a $1.91 billion surplus. State Sen. Claire Celsi (D-Des Moines) said she talked to people at the Iowa Department…

Despite the race remaining too-close-to-call as of this morning, Republican Zach Nunn declared victory around 11:30pm last night in the race for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. “Every precinct has been counted, and team, we’ve won,” Nunn told a crowd at the Hilton hotel in downtown Des Moines last night. “Guys, this has been, I think…

State Sen. Liz Mathis laid out the biggest issues she’s heard about from Iowans and how she’d work on them if elected to represent Iowa’s 2nd District in the US House. At the Don’t Sleep on Iowa forum hosted by Starting Line, she talked about how her experience as an Iowa reporter translates now to the…

Congressional candidate Zach Nunn is back to suggesting there should be restrictions on women seeking abortion in the cases of rape and incest. In an interview on Tuesday on Today With Caleb, a podcast hosted by Caleb Primrose, a conservative activist in West Des Moines, Nunn said the potential child needed to be considered in…

Mike Franken, Democratic hopeful for US Senate, delivered his closing arguments for his candidacy Friday night in Waterloo. Franken, who’s running against longtime Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, talked about rising extremism and the state of American democracy at the “Don’t Sleep on Iowa” candidate forum hosted by Iowa Starting Line. Franken said the key to…

Mike Franken used one of his last few campaign stops before the Nov. 8 election to emphasize how all Americans are in the same boat and have to work together. “We oftentimes aren’t going to agree with our political leaders,” he said at a Wednesday night event in Marshalltown. “We can’t. There’s too many topics,…

Iowa parents and educators rallied around the state Wednesday to encourage people to support public schools with their vote on Tuesday. Progress Iowa hosted a series of press conferences that featured parents and educators to remind everyone that Iowa Republicans will continue pushing for private school vouchers in the upcoming legislative session. The voucher program…