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Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
23 different bills had at least one Republican representative listed as a co-sponsor. Sometimes the Republican was a non-voting member from a territory like American Samoa.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 8:17 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
A new ad from Republican challenger Ashley Hinson goes after her opponent in Iowa’s First District against Democrat Abby Finkenauer.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
It’s illegal for campaigns to coordinate with PACs, but many have found a way to walk around the rules.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 4:44 AM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Our KCRG TV9 i9 investigative unit found major discrepancies between the federal government’s tally of the supply and what’s actually in stock at these facilities.
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Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 7:40 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Biden’s facts check out but it lacks that context. The letter from the Chief Actuary said those predictions would only come true if those cuts were permanent and no other source of revenue was added. That’s why this claim gets a ‘C’.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Emails, which KCRG-TV9′s i9 investigative unit received through a public records request, show a staff member from the Governor’s office was the first one to propose State Epidemiologist Dr. Caitlin Pedati’s pay raise.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Their research uses debunked myths on masks including it causes legionnaires' disease, prevents needed her immunity, lowers oxygen levels and doesn’t stop Covid-19 from spreading.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 8:14 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
After being designated the organization to set up shelters during the derecho the American Red Cross is unsure if it can fulfill the role of shelters in the future for Linn County
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 7:38 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
This ad attacks Sen. Joni Ernst on a condo she owns in Washington, D.C, saying it broke a promise made in a radio interview.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By Adam Carros
Black Lives Matter protests in Iowa City are fodder for a political ad in a statehouse race, partly because of one of the candidate’s vying for the seat.
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Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Adam Carros
A new ad from a GOP PAC is going after Democrat Abby Finkenauer in her race to keep her seat in Iowa’s First District against Republican Ashley Hinson.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Republican Senator Joni Ernst attacked Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield multiple times for taking a large number of donations from California and New York. But, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, the Republican senator received more than $479,000 from New York and more than $252,000 from Los Angeles.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 3:06 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein, Adam Carros and Aaron Hepker
Documents show the City of Cedar Rapids was struggling with manpower and a desperate need for shelters in the days after the Aug. 10 derecho but in the immediate aftermath never formally requested that help from the Iowa National Guard.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 8:28 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
KCRG-TV9′s I9 investigative unit reviewed hundreds of emails and documents which showed that city staff ran the storm response rather than the city’s elected officials.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 7:12 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new ad, "Betrayed Our Trust", goes through our i9 Fact Checker.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The data, which I9 received through a public records request shows the state has used less than half of the testing kits in its first contract with the Utah based health company Nomi Health.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
According to emails I9 obtained through a public records request, Linn County Emergency Management Coordinator Steve O’Konek denied relief efforts from other county emergency management agencies.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 9:49 AM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Alliant Energy customers were potentially overcharged on their August energy bill and the energy company will adjust customers' bills to reflect the overcharge during the next billing cycle.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The reporting procedure for every COVID-19 test mirrors the same reporting process as a TestIowa test, which a report in July from the Iowa State Auditor’s office considered potentially illegal.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2020 at 10:05 AM CDT
|By Adam Carros
Iowa’s Governor’s Office pointed to differences in data reporting and delays from private labs in explaining discrepancies KCRG-TV9 found in the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests in Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 7:12 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein and Adam Carros
It is also another reason to question if the state’s data is skewed to make the pandemic look better in Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The data, which I9 threaten lawsuits to receive, is the first time data from Test Iowa was ever released and also shows it took 46 days to meet the state’s goal of testing 3,000 people in a single day.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Our I9 team received a number of complaints about the company price gouging consumers after the Derecho hit Eastern Iowa for different services and charging expensive “emergency fees.”
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Compare where properties are considered unsafe to occupy where stronger wind speeds occur
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 6:07 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Our I9 team brought his concerns to the energy company and was able to help get the lines repaired. Hoyle and the town’s fire chief previously asked the company for help, but received no response.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office said seeing scams when a natural disaster isn’t uncommon.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The Iowa Department of Education didn’t say it would necessarily approve or disapprove those applications within that same time period.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 2:07 PM CDT
City departments in Cedar Rapids are being asked to cut 10% of their budgets to make up for COVID-19 related budget constraints.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 9:52 AM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
The state is still creating guidance for the waiver and it won’t be available until early August. It is assumed the Iowa Department of Public Health will not approve long term plans for a district to provide instruction primarily through remote learning, according to these documents.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
A new ad from a national Republican committee misses the mark on how the estate tax affects small farms and businesses.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
This time we’re putting Theresa Greenfield’s newest attack ad through our TV9 Fact Checker. This ad is directly from her campaign.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:23 AM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Emails between the Iowa Department of Public Health and local health officials said Governor Kim Reynolds was going to announce the plant as an outbreak center on April 16th. Instead, it was announced as an outbreak location days later on April 20th.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
It’s the second ad in this race from the NRSC and features a seemingly independent store owner who isn't so independent.
Hazel Point Intermediate School will not be fully completed after workers test positive for COVID-19
Updated: Jul. 15, 2020 at 8:17 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
It is still “likely” the school will hold kids by the first day.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2020 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart said he, City Manager Jeff Pomeranz, City Council Member Dale Todd and Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne German will no longer meet with The Advocates for Social Justice, according to emails reviewed by I9.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Ravenwood Specialty Care was fined thousands after another patient escaped in 2019.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
A TV ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee attacks the business record of Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
An I9 investigation found a majority of the 13 member board has donated large amounts of money to Governor Reynolds.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein and Adam Carros
Former Cedar Rapids Police Officer Lucas Jones was fired for lying about intentionally turning off his audio recording on his body camera during a traffic stop in October 2016, two days before he shot and paralyzed a driver during a different traffic stop.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Ethan Stein
Certified Safety and Health Official’s for the Iowa Division of Labor found no violations at Tyson’s Waterloo Plant, where at least 25% of their staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 6:42 PM CDT
Board to assess Covid-19 impact and set up the Governor's Foundation for the legislative session has financial ties to her campaign
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Phil Reed
In an exclusive interview, the Cedar Rapids man left paralyzed after an officer involved shooting nearly four years ago says he’s happy the officer who shot him is no longer on the police force.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By Aaron Scheinblum
Defunding the police was one of the initial demands from the group leading protests in Iowa City, known as the Iowa Freedom Riders.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Adam Carros
The Iowa City School Board approved a settlement with the Department of Justice over accessibility issues at school playgrounds.
Updated: May. 18, 2017 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The mayor of a southeast Iowa city is appealing her removal from office, saying her ousting by local officials is a "travesty" for voters who elected her.
Updated: May. 17, 2017 at 9:26 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Authorities say an 18-year-old student who collapsed in a University of Iowa residence hall died of drug intoxication and complications from a heart condition.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2017 at 6:23 PM CST
|By Josh Scheinblum, KCRG-TV9
Dale Lewis lives in Cedar Rapids. He says in late December, he suffered from chest pain while at work in North Liberty. His supervisor called an ambulance and Lewis received treatment. He thought his insurance or employer paid the ambulance bill, which is why it surprised him to get a letter in mid-January from the Johnson County Ambulance Service.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2017 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Josh Scheinblum
City leaders say homeowners with old sandbags on their property from the 2016 flood must remove them by the end of the month, or start facing fines.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2017 at 4:20 PM CST
|By Josh Scheinblum, KCRG-TV9
Nearly 1,400 refugees from countries banned under President Trump's executive order have resettled in Iowa in the last decade.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2016 at 9:34 AM CDT
The American Association of University Professors added the University of Iowa to its list of sanctioned colleges