by Elizabeth Meyer | Dec 10, 2019 | POLITICS
Sen. Joni Ernst’s 2014 campaign paid the largest civil penalty ever levied by the Federal Election Commission against an Iowa politician, according to previously unreported commission records. In 2017, the FEC found Ernst’s first campaign for Senate broke...
by Isabella Murray | Dec 10, 2019 | HOUSING
Housing has had a moment during the 2020 election cycle, but some are wondering if the nation’s growing need for affordable options can mobilize voters enough to implement policy changes. Advocates say the sheer impact of the housing crisis, growing political will and...
by Randy Evans | Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Iowa Board of Regents is being asked this week to consider a complex proposal to turn the operation of the University of Iowa’s utility system over to an unnamed a business that will be paid to operate it for the next 50 years. The business will make a cash...
by Josh Cook | Dec 10, 2019 | POLITICS
Many, if not all, of the Democrats campaigning for president have done some down-ballot party building over the course of their careers. Several of them, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Kamala Harris, told stories on the trail about being in Iowa to knock...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Dec 9, 2019 | POLITICS
Sen. Joni Ernst will make yet another choice, likely this week, on a judicial appointee with limited credentials and a controversial ideological background. Lawrence VanDyke has been nominated for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the second-highest level of the...
