Democrats in a pair of competitive House districts are spotlighting the anti-abortion stances of Republican incumbents after the state enacted one of the most restrictive bans in the country.

Iowa House Democrats vow to enshrine abortion rights in the Iowa Constitution should they reclaim a legislative majority in the Nov. 5 election.

Several new private and charter schools have opened since Gov. Kim Reynolds created taxpayer-funded education savings accounts.

In this episode of On Iowa Politics, we analyze the latest Iowa Poll results, which reveal that a record 64% of Iowans support legal abortion in all or most cases, and 59% oppose the state law that restricts abortions after six weeks.

Democrats say ensuring Iowans have access to in vitro fertilization will be one of their priorities if Democrats win a majority of seats in the Iowa House. House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds wouldn’t sign a repeal of Iowa’s six-week abortion ban,

Incumbent Democrat Rep. Kenan Judge will face-off against Republican Oliver Bardwell in the race for Iowa House District 27.

The Iowa Democratic Party has mailed a second round of absentee ballot request forms to about 36,000 Iowa voters this month. The shape of the forms in the first mailing prevented them from being automatically processed by Postal Service machines.

Disability Rights Iowa is gathering legislative candidates in southwest Iowa for a forum Tuesday evening in Council Bluffs.

Democrats hope to drive voters in local ballot races by advocating to make changes to topics like abortion and public education, if they can win the House majority.

On this week's Close Up, we talk to the three candidates running in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District — incumbent Republican Ashley Hinson, Democrat Sarah Corkery and independent Jody Puffett.

Iowans will decide this November if the legal voting age and language around citizenship should be changed in the state constitution. The proposed changes are one of two constitutional amendments that Iowans will see on their Nov. 5 ballot. Another amendment, if passed, sets a plan if an Iowa governor dies, leaves or is removed from office.

The vice-presidential debate, pitting Senator JD Vance of Ohio against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, shines the spotlight on a complicated region.