Diane Porter features the native flowering spurge, including several microscopic views of the flowers and seed pods.

Nobody gets to be king of our elections. Not in the counting room. Not in Brenna Bird’s office. Not in the White House.

Laura Belin breaks down Iowa's absentee ballot numbers and the unknowns halfway through the state's early voting period.

Joey Norris is a small business owner and Democratic volunteer in Red Oak. This is the prepared version of remarks he ...

Adam Shriver interviews reporter John McCracken about Sentient Media's new Inside Iowa project and interactive map of CAFOs.

Randy Evans argues that the city of Woodward should not have restricted attendance to "community conversation" about a ...

It's the third year in a row with a net revenue decrease for Iowa after 90 straight years of net revenue increases.

When there's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea on the ballot, it doesn't have to become part of Iowans' lives.

Continuing a Bleeding Heartland tradition, I am posting Iowa’s absentee ballot numbers, statewide and for each Congressional district, updated every day the Iowa Secretary of State’s office releases ...

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