Stephen Gruber-Miller

Dave Bushaw, a community organizer and folk musician, joins a crowded field of candidates competing for northeast Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

Two of Iowa's Democratic U.S. Senate candidates are calling on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to step down amid deal to reopen the government.

Sage is the first U.S. Senate candidate to visit all 99 of Iowa's counties — a feat he accomplished in just over three months.

State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, spoke Nov. 5 to about 75 people at a meeting of the West Side Democrats at Big Grove Brewery in Des Moines.

Iowa will match all cash donations to Iowa's six regional food banks up to $1 million, beginning on Nov. 1, to help meet the food banks' need.

Reynolds said she has also ordered the Iowa National Guard to prepare to carry out food distribution missions around the state as needed.

Seventy-six percent of Des Moines Public Schools' students — or 24,000 kids — qualify for free or reduced-price lunch based on their family's income.

Hundreds of thousands of Iowans will not receive food assistance benefits beginning Nov. 1 as the federal government shutdown continues.

A group of Iowa business owners have traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with the state's congressional delegation and urge them to end the shutdown.

GOP U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said Trump's potential trade deal with China shows things are "moving in the right direction for our soybean farmers."