News
State-Supported Iowa Pet Food Company Announces Layoffs
State-Funded Iowa Pet Food Plant Announces Layoffs Less Than Three Years After It Received IncentivesAn Iowa pet food...
Iowans, Who Owns Your Voter Information?
Iowa's Voter Data Sharing Raises Questions About Privacy and TransparencyAn Iowa411 EditorialWho Owns Your Voter...
Ryan Peterman Wants to See Voter Information Provided to DOJ
Ryan Peterman seeks secretary of state records on voter data shared with DOJBy Robin OpsahlIowa Capital Dispatch Democratic...
What the Fundraising Reports Are Beginning to Tell Us
What the Candidate Fundraising Reports Are Beginning to Tell UsBeyond the Dollars: Emerging Fundraising Trends in Iowa's...
Editorial: Beyond One Candidate, Election, and Lawsuit
Iowa judge to decide if Libertarian governor ticket will be on ballotAn Iowa411 EditorialWho Should Decide Ballot Access:...
What Fundraising Reports Reveal About the Iowa Governor’s Race
Beyond the Dollars: What Campaign Fundraising Reports Reveal About the Iowa Governor's RaceIowa Politics Analysis Campaign...
Iowa Layoffs Hit One-Year High, Most Are Manufacturing Jobs
Iowa Layoffs Reach One-Year High as Manufacturing Sector Leads June Job LossesIowa Economy Brief Iowa employers announced...
Editorial and Opinion
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 26, 2026
Summary Across these stories runs a consistent thread; centralization of authority paired with decentralization of...
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 25, 2026
Three Bills, Three Visions of Governance Taken together, these three stories reveal a stark contrast in legislative...
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 24, 2026
Summary At first glance, today’s stories may appear unrelated: gunfire at a community event, lawmakers reshaping university...
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 23, 2026
Summary From rising health insurance premiums and shrinking ACA enrollment to clinic closures in southeastern Iowa,...
The Iowa Costs of the Big Beautiful Blunderbuss
An Accounting of Iowa's Human and Services Losses This page exists for one reason: to keep an honest count. In recent...
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 22, 2026
We’re baaaccckk… We’ve been quiet for a little over a week, but Iowa has not been. Today’s brief is a return to form with...
Iowa411 News Briefs for January 10, 2026
Summary Across these Iowa411 News Briefs, a consistent theme emerges. Systems designed to serve the public are too often...
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