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ABOUT The Fact Checker team checks statements made by an Iowa political candidate/officeholder or a national candidate/officeholder about Iowa, or in advertisements that appear in our market. Claims must be independently verifiable. We give statements grades from A to F based on accuracy and context. If you spot a claim you think needs checking, email us at factchecker@thegazette.com. Mon., February 08, 2021 Democrat senator's statements accurate in some ways, falls flat in others Gov. Kim Reynolds concludes her Condition of the State address on Jan. 12 at the Statehouse in Des...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Senate advances governor’s ‘Student First’ scholarships for private schooling The Iowa Senate has approved Republican Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to give the parents of a few hundred K-12 students state scholarships to attend a private school. Republican Senator Amy Sinclair of Allerton said the eligible students are attending 34 public school buildings flagged for failing federal standards. “Thirty-four schools that have gotten so bad that they need federal assistance to try and improve,” Sinclair said. “…We don’t have time to study it. These c...

IPR file photo The bills would create a scholarship program in a publicly-funded account that could be spent on educational costs, including tuition at a private school. In the Iowa Senate, lawmakers have passed an education package that would put public funding into independent charter schools and scholarship accounts that could be put toward private school tuition. The bill, a priority of Gov. Kim Reynolds, also ends restrictions placed on open enrollment at five districts with voluntary desegregation plans. In nearly three hours of debate Thursday, Democrats criticized the plan as an effor...

  As founder of Peterson Financial Group, Eric has dedicated more than 21 years of his life to educating and assisting retirees and pre-retirees of central Iowa on how to plan for and protect their financial future. An advocate for comprehensive financial and retirement planning, Eric ensures all components of a client’s financial affairs work in collaboration, producing the best possible outcome. He specializes in identifying potential loopholes of financial, accounting and estate plans, and detects where unnecessary money is “falling through the cracks.” Eric is a Registered Financia...

A number of Democratic Iowa lawmakers are speaking out in anger after being informed of a COVID-19 case at the state capitol.