Clay Masters
Clay Masters is a reporter for Iowa Public Radio and formerly for Harvest Public Media. His stories have appeared on NPR
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The field of GOP candidates in the 2024 presidential race is a lot smaller than it used to be. None of them come close to the front-runner former President Donald Trump.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked up a big endorsement in Iowa — the state that kicks things off for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she's supporting DeSantis.
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Former president Donald Trump's legal troubles are mounting. But his support among potential Republican caucus-goers in Iowa does not seem to be waning.
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The Family Leader Summit in Des Moines is a gathering of evangelical Christians in a state where they have immense political power. Republican presidential candidates should be there.
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GOP presidential hopefuls are hitting early states for a chance to connect with voters. In Iowa, a former president, a current governor and a sitting senator might all be greeting the same people.
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Former President Donald Trump returns to Iowa Monday for the first time since announcing his next run for the Republican presidential nomination. What could his visit mean for his chances in 2024?
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Iowa has long been the first state to nominate Democrats to the White House, but President Biden wants to change that. He has proposed elevating South Carolina to the first spot.
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Iowa's caucuses are the first nominating contest in presidential politics. The red state is fighting to keep its place as the Democratic National Committee prioritizes diverse and competitive states.
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The wind energy industry faces new challenges over the infrastructure to transport that energy to more populated cities and local landowners who don't want the turbines cluttering up their landscapes. -
Former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer is facing a tougher-than-expected Democratic U.S. Senate primary in a state that has become more of a GOP stronghold in the last decade.
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The carbon capture pipelines have been proposed through five Midwest states, but activists say proponents' claims of helping the ethanol industry and curbing climate change are wrong.
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The largest water utility in Iowa is sounding alarms that it won't be able to keep up with cleaning the water for more than 600,000 customers as extreme weather swings become more common.
