by Rick Smith | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is engaged in a peculiar debate. Since April, there has been a growing grassroots crusade by such groups as the Sunrise Movement, 350.org, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Credo Action demanding the DNC sponsor a...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Jul 12, 2019 | Iowa Caucus
Justice after a sexual assault is hard for victims to find, and Kamala Harris wants to make it a little easier. On Thursday, Harris announced a plan to eliminate the backlog many states have of untested rape kits, the equipment used by investigators to collect DNA...
by Elizabeth Meyer | Jul 12, 2019 | Iowa Caucus
Fort Madison State Rep. Jeff Kurtz today became the first Iowa lawmaker to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, calling him a politician that “has been consistent through his entire career on the issues that matter to the 99%.” Kurtz, elected to represent District 83 in the...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Jul 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Montana governor Steve Bullock has a new idea for the type of justices he’d seek for the Supreme Court. After touring an ethanol plant and a grain co-op earlier this week, Bullock told Starting Line he would pursue justices who come from the Midwest or Western regions...
by Randy Evans | Jul 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Years ago, when I was a young pup of a reporter for the Des Moines Register, my assignment was covering state and federal courts. Normally, it amounted to reporting on the dirty laundry of society that gets scrubbed in the courts — the murders, the robberies,...
