2018
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Iowa Students Joining Nationwide Gun Safety Movement
Today, April 20, Iowa students will stage walkouts and demonstrations against gun violence at schools across Iowa. The event is organized by the group Students United Against Gun Violence Walkout. The group has events planned nationwide at over 2,000 schools. In central Iowa, many will board busses to come to the Iowa State Capitol to…
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Asian & Latino Coalition Endorse Cindy Axne In IA-03 Primary
The Asian & Latino Coalition announced this week that they are officially endorsing Cindy Axne in the Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District. The decision follows a forum they held with the three Democrats last week. The Asian & Latino Coalition has a large membership base in the Des Moines metro area and has…
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Andy McGuire, Eddie Mauro Release First TV Ads
Two Democratic candidates in major primaries have their first TV ads ready to air this week as the competition heats up a month and a half out from the election. Both Andy McGuire and Eddie Mauro rolled out introductory, biographical pieces for their candidacies for governor and Congress. McGuire focused her first TV spot (titled…
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Register Wins Pulitzer For Exposing Reynolds’ Medicaid Disaster
Andie Dominick, editorial writer for the Des Moines Register won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing by exposing the Branstad/Reynolds Medicaid privatization catastrophe. Dominick was recognized for articles that the Pulitzer Prize Board described as, “examining in a clear, indignant voice, free of cliché or sentimentality, the damaging consequences for poor Iowa residents of…
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Ep27: Abby Finkenauer Interview & LGBTQ Youth Conference Discussion
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard welcomes Iowa Safe Schools executive director Nate Monson & Norwalk student Jaden Deal to discuss the Governor’s Conference On LGBTQ Youth, followed by an interview with Iowa District 1 Congressional candidate Abby Finkenauer.
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By The Numbers: TV Ad Buys In The Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
With under seven weeks left to the Democratic primary on June 5, the TV airways are starting to fill up with campaign ads. While every candidate has traveled the state, spoken at Democratic events, participated in countless forums and drawn media coverage, the reality is that the majority of Democratic primary-goers get informed about their…
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Do We Really Think People Choose To Be Poor?
I have spent 50 years as a journalist asking questions, listening to the responses, and closely observing the people and events around me. Somewhere along the way, my observational skills must have failed me. Apparently, I have missed a lot. Otherwise, I would have noticed those lines of people eager to join and remain in…
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Ep26: Pete D’Alessandro Interview & The Gubernatorial Primary
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard speaks with show producer Chance Dorland about the upcoming gubernatorial primary, followed by an interview with 3rd Congressional District candidate Pete D’Alessandro.
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Democrats’ Prediction About GOP’s Tax Scam Coming True
The Trump/Republican tax cuts will play a crucial role in the 2018 midterms. Both Trump and the Republican leadership have made it clear they will run on their tax cuts, using them as the principle reason to justify their reelection. Today, April 17, there will be over 100 Tax March rallies protesting the Republicans’ $1.5…
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203 Days To Go – What Will Get My Vote This Fall
On the day I am writing this there is 203 days to go before the fall elections. On that day Iowans will pick a new governor, determine which party is in control of both the House and Senate in Iowa, participate in determining what the Congress will look like and elect any number of other…
