Iowa Funnel

What’s new

New features, new data and fixes, newest first. Follow by RSS.

  • November 10, 2026Fix

    County pages list their own officials

    Some county pages were missing their elected officials. They now show them.

  • November 10, 2026New data

    City and county agendas

    Agendas for city councils and county boards, with alerts when an agenda mentions something you follow.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    Property tax and local money, explained

    A new Learn chapter: how your property tax bill is built, what each levy pays for, and whether state money keeps pace.

  • November 10, 2026New data

    Campaign money for local candidates

    Reports from county, city and school board campaigns, including gifts from PACs. Individual donors are never listed.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    Your next two ballots

    My government now shows the seats expected on your next two ballots, and who last won each one, before anyone files to run.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    A guided tour

    Three short tours: the full one, just your town, and how a bill becomes law. There is also a version to read as one page.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    A public corrections log

    Every correction to what Iowa Funnel shows, with the date.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    Speak up

    How to comment on a bill or speak at your city council, school board or board of supervisors, with a drafting helper that stays on your device.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    Easier to use with a keyboard or screen reader

    Better keyboard use, clearer labels for screen readers, a high-contrast option and larger text.

  • November 10, 2026New feature

    Iowa Funnel in Spanish

    Menus, the main pages, the glossary and the plain-language bill summaries can now be read in Spanish. Pages not translated yet say so.

  • November 9, 2026New data

    Local election results

    County, township, city and school board races and local ballot questions, from the counties' own results.

  • November 9, 2026New feature

    Property tax calculator

    An estimate of your property tax bill, and which governments get each part of it.

  • November 9, 2026New feature

    My government

    Enter your address to see everyone who represents you, from the school board to Congress. Signed in, your home is saved. You can now also sign in with Google.

  • November 8, 2026New data

    The state budget

    What the state spends from its General Fund, by area and department, back to 2015.

  • November 8, 2026New feature

    Dark mode

    Iowa Funnel follows your device’s light or dark setting, and you can switch it yourself.

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