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1 day ago | dailyiowan.com | Jami Martin-Trainor

Over my past four years working at The Daily Iowan, I have learned that more than anything, people want to be understood. As journalists, that's our entire goal. Through interviews and observations and research and connections, we want to get at the core of our story - to understand the people and communities we cover. We don't always get it right, but we try our absolute hardest. And when it works, it works.

3 days ago | dailyiowan.com | Liam halawith

Sand, the only Democrat to hold statewide office, has long been expected to make the bid for Iowa's governorship. "I'm doing it because we need more public service and less politics," Sand said in a video posted to social media Monday . "A lot of politicians yap about making a place redder or bluer. I want Iowa to be better and truer." With Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds not running for reelection , the open seat is expected to be competitive.

1 week ago | dailyiowan.com | Liam halawith

Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced a second draft of Iowa Republicans' proposed property tax overhaul that would make the largest changes to the state's property tax system since the 1970s. The bill, Senate Study Bill 1227, would make a number of reforms to the property tax system, but it is a second draft of the changes Iowa lawmakers are considering for the property tax system after they unveiled a first draft in March.

1 week ago | dailyiowan.com | Roxy Ekberg

The U.S. Department of Food and Nutrition Service approved Iowa's federal waiver to opt out of summer EBT and create a statewide summer food pilot program Wednesday, according to a news release from the governor's office. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Healthy Kids Iowa, an alternative to the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, or Summer EBT, that will utilize community providers across the state.

1 week ago | dailyiowan.com | Liam halawith

Megan Dial-Lapcewich, of Oxford, Iowa, knew her 3-year-old son Eddie was falling behind developmentally with his speech. She said she could only understand about 50 percent of what he said, when at that point in his development, she should be able to understand 75 percent. She said Eddie's developmental delay in speech caused some frustrations at home as he tried to communicate with the family but couldn't get his point across.