On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to recreate the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day’s deadlines have been met. Tackling anything from local to state to national, On Iowa Politics is your weekly dose of analysis and insight into the issues affecting Iowa.

This week, we discuss Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and the $17.1 billion-dollar multistage settlement with Meta over child safety. Plus, data centers are back in the news yet again.

This episode was hosted by Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy and produced by Gazette Deputy Digital Content Manager Bailey Cichon. It features Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Hailey Peck, Sarah Watson of the Quad City Times, Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal and Gazette columnists Althea Cole and Todd Dorman.

Read the articles discussed in this episode:

(2:24) Salix City Council denies one-year data center moratorium

Sioux City Council broaches data center discussion Tuesday

(7:52) Iowa Attorney General: Meta settlement 'a massive win for keeping kids safe'

(14:19) Opinion: ‘Save Our Bacon Act’ won’t save rural Iowa

(22:27) Opinion: As election approaches, Republicans looking for points from less than ideal hand

(33:37) Hailey Peck: Five things I learned from my first Iowa State Fair