October 2019
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Want To Track Voting Rights Laws? There’s A Website For That
With so many attacks on basic voting rights being pushed by Republican lawmakers around the country, it can be tough to keep up with where the state laws — even those in your own state — currently stand. To confront that, Let America Vote, a nonprofit political organization with the goal of strengthening voting rights,…
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Amid Impeachment, Cindy Axne Focuses On Health Care Policy
Congresswoman Cindy Axne told constituents Tuesday the United States had hit a “crisis point” in its health care system. “Suffice it to say, you’ve got a group of people in Congress who truly understand we’re at a crisis point,” said Axne, Iowa’s 3rd District representative, at a roundtable health care discussion in Des Moines. “Whether…
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Klobuchar Up With New TV Ad, Plans 50th County Visit In Iowa
In her first TV ad of the presidential primary, Amy Klobuchar is pitching herself to Iowa caucus-goers as the candidate who can best appeal to all parts of the country. “If you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes in our politics and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, you’ve got…
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IA-Sen: League of Conservation Voters Action Fund Backs Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield earned the endorsement today of the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, described by the climate action group as a candidate “committed to investing in the Hawkeye State’s clean energy economy.” “Iowans are already feeling the impact of extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis, and they deserve a Senator who will take…
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Partial Win For Voting Rights In Iowa District Court
Today, the Iowa district court for Polk County issued a ruling on a case challenging Iowa’s 2017 election law. The result was mixed when it comes to voting rights in Iowa. Most important, the part that requires voter ID was upheld. However, a few other provisions that posed a challenge to voting rights in Iowa…
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Delaney Still Sees A Path For A Moderate To Win
John Delaney believes his path to the presidency runs through rural Iowa. Iowa is the first-in-the-nation caucus state, he said, because Iowans don’t pay any mind to what’s happening on CNN. Instead, they’re worried about the issues they talk about at the kitchen table, such as how they’ll pay their bills, whether they have enough…
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Ep119: Presidential Surrogates and Joaquin Castro Interview
Pat Rynard sits down with Nikoel Hytrek and Paige Godden to talk about their weekends on the road, and the surrogates speaking on behalf of candidates. Pat also hops in the car with Congressman Joaquin Castro to discuss campaigning for his brother, Secretary Julian Castro, and impeachment proceedings. Photo by Julie Fleming
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Joni Ernst Voted For EPA Leaders Undermining Ethanol
As Iowa’s ethanol industry suffers at the hands of President Donald Trump and his Environmental Protection Agency, Sen. Joni Ernst continues to complain about the Cabinet official she helped to confirm. “I would assess that there are a lot of people within this administration, particularly EPA, that have that bent or that feel to support…
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IA-02: State Senator Miller-Meeks Launches 4th Bid For Congress
State Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a physician from Ottumwa, has announced her campaign to try for a fourth time to represent Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. Miller-Meeks, in the midst of her first term representing Senate District 41 in the Iowa Legislature, launched her candidacy Tuesday morning. “My campaign is about securing your future,” said Miller-Meeks, in…
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Castro’s Suggestions To Iowa Dems’ Latinx Turnout Problem
If Julián Castro is to do well in the Iowa Caucus, one thing he’ll likely need is strong turnout from the state’s growing Latinx community. But when he visited Perry, Iowa late last month– a town where nearly 40 percent of its residents are of Hispanic or Latino origin– his campaign event had almost all…
