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Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Hillary Clinton came to Iowa in 2016 to exorcise what plagued her surprise 2008 failure to win the Democratic presidential precinct caucuses but end up with a fight on her hands. Bernie Sanders is making a strong push to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

By Lyle Muller, Clinton Olsasky, Brittany Robb and Krista Johnson

/ 2 Feb 2016

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Democratic Caucus-Goer Takes You Inside His Precinct

Excitement and tension built as 284 people waited to see if the Democratic candidate they came out to support would take the majority number of delegates at precinct 36 in Cedar Rapids.

By Todd Cross

/ 2 Feb 2016

Democratic Caucus-Goer Takes You Inside His Precinct

Republican Paul Supporter Considers Cruz To Beat Trump, Stays With Paul

I went to the Republican caucus at the DoubleTree Convention Complex in Cedar Rapids preferring Rand Paul, but on a mission to prevent Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president.

By Billie Barker

/ 2 Feb 2016

Republican Paul Supporter Considers Cruz To Beat Trump, Stays With Paul

Big Crowds, Some Delays And Winners and Losers in Iowa's Caucuses

Ted Cruz pulled out a win but but Donald Trump and Marco Rubio could claim wins, too, for Republicans while Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were virtually tied in the Iowa presidential precinct caucuses marked by huge turnouts Monday night.

By Lyle Muller and the IowaWatch/College Media Project reporting team

/ 1 Feb 2016

Big Crowds, Some Delays And Winners and Losers in Iowa's Caucuses

Some Iowans Looking Forward To End Of Caucus Campaign

Steve Reed remembers a different kind of presidential campaign from when he was young. They did not last as long as they do now, the Carlisle Republican said.

By Lyle Muller

/ 27 Jan 2016

Some Iowans Looking Forward To End Of Caucus Campaign

Tales From The Trail Podcast: The Presidential Campaign In New Hampshire

Two veteran print and electronic journalists share Tales of the Trail in New Hampshire in this InDepthNH.org podcast as voters there get ready for the centennial celebration of New Hampshire's presidential primary on Feb. 9.

By Roger Wood/InDepthNH

/ 24 Jan 2016

Tales From The Trail Podcast: The Presidential Campaign In New Hampshire

'Slow on the Draw': Iowa Repeatedly Nixed Expanded Access To Life-Saving Overdose Drug

SPECIAL REPORT: Kim Brown describes her son Andy Lamp as a normal, happy Iowa kid who played football and baseball. “It all fell apart,” Brown said.

By Lauren Mills

/ 14 Jan 2016

'Slow on the Draw': Iowa Repeatedly Nixed Expanded Access To Life-Saving Overdose Drug

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Widespread Iowa Caucuses Knowledge Not Guaranteed

We continue our discussion with Iowa voters, with the presidential precinct caucuses just six weeks away. We examine the mood of the electorate, through the voices of voters.

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 21 Dec 2015

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Widespread Iowa Caucuses Knowledge Not Guaranteed

Iowa's Judicial Branch Flunks Transparency Survey Despite Landmark Reports Availability

Iowa’s Judicial Branch flunked a recent transparency and accountability study because of barriers to public access to information, a lack of legal requirements for judicial evaluations and issues surrounding potential conflicts of interest. They include limited access judicial officers’ asset disclo

By Lauren Mills

/ 3 Dec 2015

Iowa's Judicial Branch Flunks Transparency Survey Despite Landmark Reports Availability

Iowa Flunks Integrity Test When Keeping Tabs On Special Interests

Iowa’s practices to ensure transparency in lobbying earned an F in a recently released State Integrity Investigation by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization.

By Lauren Mills

/ 9 Nov 2015

Iowa Flunks Integrity Test When Keeping Tabs On Special Interests

Iowa Draws A Lowly D+ In New Government Transparency Report

The fact that state authorities sought to obstruct disclosure of a police shooting in Burlington explains, in part, why Iowa received an overall grade of D+ in a 2015 State Integrity Investigation conducted by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.

By Lauren Mills/Center for Public Integrity

/ 9 Nov 2015

Iowa Draws A Lowly D+ In New Government Transparency Report

Only three states score higher than D+ in State Integrity Investigation; 11 flunk

The 2015 State Integrity Investigation, a data-driven assessment of state government, found that in state after state, open records laws are laced with exemptions and part-time legislators and agency officials engage in glaring conflicts of interests and cozy relationships with lobbyists. Meanwhile,

By Nicholas Kusnetz/Center for Public Integrity

/ 9 Nov 2015

Only three states score higher than D+ in State Integrity Investigation; 11 flunk