by Josh Cook | Jul 22, 2019 | Iowa Caucus
Last week, coincidentally timed with AARP/Des Moines Register candidate forums, nearly all of the Democratic presidential candidates rolled out long-term health care plans, as well as plans to strengthen social security and combat rising health care costs. While...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
While most politically-engaged Iowans are well-aware of the ideological leanings of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Iowa Supreme Court, they may not realize how skewed to the right the federal appeals court that covers the state has become. The Eight Circuit Court of...
by Elizabeth Meyer | Jul 22, 2019 | POLITICS
Sen. Joni Ernst brought in a number of high-dollar donations in the second quarter of fundraising for her re-election campaign, including about $28,000 from pharmaceutical companies. Ernst, nearing the end of her first six-year term in the Senate, officially launched...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
For 13,100 women living in Burlington, Iowa, it keeps getting trickier to access affordable reproductive health care. The town’s Planned Parenthood provider closed in 2017. It forced residents to travel about 80 miles away to Iowa City just for routine checkups and to...
by Elizabeth Meyer | Jul 21, 2019 | Iowa Caucus
When a presidential candidate known for a stump speech that often exceeds an hour only has 30 minutes to convey his vision for America, what would he say? Sunday afternoon, more than 150 people in Fort Madison heard a condensed version of Sen. Bernie Sanders’...
