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How Big Oil Seduced American Farming and Left Taxpayers With the Bill Earlier last week in Washington, administration officials appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee to defend an extraordinary spending…
Attorney General Brenna Bird discusses the state's low Medicaid error rate after the first Iowa Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force meeting. One of America's most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated…
One of America's most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with…
WASHINGTON - Four years ago, Republicans complained that Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano torpedoed their downballot efforts in key House races across the commonwealth. This time around, GOP nominee…
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- Sixty-one years after Medicaid became law, Iowans with disabilities say the program is now failing them. The Iowa Democratic Party held an event Wednesday to…
Gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said he would support increasing pediatric cancer research funding, raising taxes on tobacco and nicotine products and ensuring access to cancer-preventing vaccines -- but warned…
Democrat Rob Sand participated in the first of two roundtables directed at the state's gubernatorial candidates on addressing Iowa's high cancer rates. Iowa has the second highest rate of cancer in the country. It's a…
Des Moines Register Chief Politics Reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel breaks down Iowa's top races ahead of the 2026 midterms. A national group dedicated to electing Democrats to state legislatures is targeting 15…
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