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A viral January 2023 tweet claimed that Republicans sought to further restrict eligible items for SNAP recipients.

A bill banning gay/transgender panic defense again moves forward in Iowa House at the same time Republicans are pushing legislation prohibiting schools from teaching about gender identity or sexual orientation.

Iowa House lawmakers for a third time again moved forward legislation that would prevent a defendant from

While the number of minority state lawmakers steadily has increased after each of the past two elections, the figure still represents only 8 percent of the Iowa Legislature. Meantime, twice

The Iowa legislature will include more people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and those adhering to non-Christian faith traditions.

The Iowa legislature will include more people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and those adhering to non-Christian faith traditions.

Women, young candidates and ethnic minorities were elected for the first time to many positions across the country.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Turkish origin celebrity doctor, has been defeated by Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the US Senate election 2022 the result of which was announced Wednesday.

Voters in southeast Cedar Rapids have elected the first Arab American to serve in the Iowa Legislature.

WASHINGTON D.C.: In the US midterm elections this week, voters in Iowa for the first time in history elected an Arab American to represent them in the state’s General Assembly. Democrat Sami Scheetz, a 26-year-old grassroots community organizer from the city of Cedar Rapids, defeated his Republican rival in Tuesday’s poll by a 30-point margin. He will be one of the youngest