The author of the landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa, Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, died late Friday at the age of 66.
A former congressman and an Iowa State faculty member discussed the impeachment process in an event at Iowa State late Thursday.
The Iowa Board of Regents met Thursday, and President Wendy Wintersteen delivered an address to the regents on the status of Iowa State.
The historically large Democratic presidential primary field expanded again early Thursday.
Student Government was visited by Iowa State students who addressed a recent incident on Reddit which police are looking into, discussed a con…
For the first time in eight years, there will be a runoff election on Dec. 3 for the representative of the 4th Ward for the Ames City Council.
President Wendy Wintersteen sent an email to the Iowa State community in relation to the Iowa State University Police Department (ISUPD) opening an investigation into physical threats made on the Iowa State Reddit page.
At the Iowa Board of Regents meeting yesterday, committees recommended actions for the board to take and an Iowa State student took the chance to speak on campus issues.
A discussion on impeachment is set to take place Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
The qualification period has closed for the latest round of Democratic presidential debates.
After 18 months of discussing, reviewing and analyzing a new chapter in the municipal code, the Ames City Council unanimously voted to enact legislation for vacation lodging effective December 1.
Fifteen minutes before Game Jam starts, the bottom floor of Eilings Hall is quiet, the lobby upstairs is almost empty and the loudest sound is somebody taking a call in the corner.
Pete Buttigieg leads a poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers for the first time.
The Iowa Board of Regents will meet Wednesday and Thursday to discuss various initiatives that affect Iowa State students and the community of Ames.
At Wednesday night’s meeting, Student Government will address student demands to prevent racism on campus, discuss a constitutional amendment and review a funding bill.
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg filed to run in a Democratic primary for president Friday.
Ames City Council will discuss plans to prevent human trafficking and finalize its vacation lodging ordinances at Tuesday night's meeting.
Implementations of reforms following the campus climate survey performed two years ago continue to move forward as student efforts to speak out on campus ramp up.
Young voters are turning out at the polls in their highest numbers in recent years.
The city of Ames has issued a snow ordinance which will go into effect at 11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10.
Sen. Cory Booker spoke Sunday at Torrent Brewing Company in Ames to a crowd gathered to hear him speak about his newly released plan to empower small-town and rural Iowa.
People crowded into the Bell Center at Drake University for the Climate Crisis Summit hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign Saturday.
An Ames man died Thursday and his roommate was charged with murder, Ames Police Department said in a release.
Sen. Cory Booker will host an event at noon Sunday at Torrent Brewing in Ames.
An Iowa State student was found dead in Forker Building Sunday after police responded to a welfare check, according to police.
Students at Iowa State received an email from the Division of Student Affairs on Thursday regarding an interim policy change on campus chalkings.
Wednesday night, Student Government passed a bill censuring the Department of Residence for their reaction time and statements on issues regarding recent events.
Editor's note: The article previously quoted Sen. Herman Quirmbach without having provided the full context of the Tom Steyer campaign staffer's actions. The article has been updated to reflect his statements with full context. The Daily regrets this error.
Student Government passed a bill regarding events impacting the Department of Residence, funded club and organization requests and reviewed bills regarding internal matters at Wednesday night’s meeting.
With the Iowa caucuses coming up, along with the 2020 election, many presidential candidates are starting to come out with television advertisements.
Ames residents took to the polls Tuesday to elect representatives to the Ames City Council, Ames Community School District School Board and Mary Greeley Medical Center Board of Trustees.
Student Government will be reviewing a bill Wednesday night that addresses recent controversial events and similar events on campus from past years.
All of Ames’ solid waste will be going to the landfill due to power plant boiler tube failures.
Most elections in the United States are winner-take-all.
Alex Heffner, host of “The Open Mind on PBS,” spoke late Monday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Below is information about the five candidates running for the Ames City Council. Three candidates are running to represent Ward 4, one is running to represent Ward 2 and one is running to be an at-large.
Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen, one of Ames’ current at-large representatives, is running for re-election to the Ames City Council.
Kamala Harris is registering 3.6 percent support in the RealClearPolitics polling average of national Democratic primary voters as of Monday, down from a high of 15.2 percent in July.
Editors note: Individuals with an asterisk (*) by their names denotes them as an incumbent currently serving on the Ames Community School District School Board
Incumbents Sarah Buck, Kenneth McCuskey and Brad Heemstra are running for reelection to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Board of Trustees.
Rachel Junck, a 20-year-old student at Iowa State, is running to represent Ward 4 in the Ames City Council.
Timothy Gartin has been on the Ames City Council for the last six years and is running for what he said will be his final term.
Chris Nelson, a lifelong resident of Ames, has been a City Council member for the past six years and is running for Ward 4 reelection for the last time.
Joe Van Erdewyk is running for Ames City Council Ward 4 with the perspective of a young, hard-working renter who wants to create affordable housing.
Local elections in Story County have a very low voter-participation rate, lacking both student and adult voter turnout, according to the city of Ames.
Thirteen Democratic presidential candidates took the stage at the Iowa Democratic Party’s “Liberty and Justice Celebration” late Friday in Des Moines, Iowa — cheered on by thousands of supporters in stadium seating and on the floor of the Wells Fargo arena.
The Democratic primary currently has 16 candidates competing to stand out to voters and businessman Andrew Yang is one of them, bringing a flagship policy position of a universal basic income.
The Iowa Democratic Party is hosting a “Liberty and Justice Celebration” Friday in Des Moines.
Halloween is today, and the Ames and Iowa State community have planned festivities for the spooky night.
A Democratic mock caucus organized by Ames NextGen took place late Wednesday Iowa State.
In the 2016 election cycle, then-candidate Donald Trump’s talk of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was a major topic of the election, with Trump bringing up the subject in nearly every pre-election rally.
Iowa is the first state in the nation to caucus every presidential election year, and that will remain the case in 2020.
The notion of separation of church and state in the United States goes as far back as just after the founding of the country, with the establishment clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution providing for the effective separation of religion from government.
At Wednesday night’s meeting, Student Government will examine funding for a variety of university organizations, reviewing a debt contract and looking into calling for a special election.
