2019
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Twenty-Seven Cents Nearly Got An Iowan Evicted. Mobile Home Owners Ask For Help
Grinnell, Iowa resident Alisa Schroeder lives in Willows Mobile Home Community, a manufactured housing site recently bought by a national company called Impact Communities. She’s a financially struggling single mom of an autistic son. Her brother, who has paranoid schizophrenia, earlier this year moved out of the same community because he couldn’t keep up with…
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Second Watchdog Group Files FEC Complaint Against Ernst
A second watchdog group announced today it filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in response to reporting about Sen. Joni Ernst’s ties to an Iowa-based “dark money” organization. The nonprofit Campaign for Accountability (CfA) asked the FEC in a letter to investigate the campaign’s ties to Iowa Values, a 501 (c)(4) allegedly working…
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Andrew Yang Brings Real Talk About Autism To 2020 Trail
Redefining the rules of the 21st-century economy is a key premise of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign. And while the businessman/entrepreneur spends a lot of time talking about how his tech career helped him come to this realization, his family life may have just as much to do with it. Yang spoke to more than 50…
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Did Joni Ernst Break Election Law In Coordination Case?
As political candidates of all backgrounds denounce the role of dark money in American politics, recent news around Sen. Joni Ernst’s campaign illustrates the difficult task of enforcing the rules already in place. Earlier this month, the AP reported that the senator and her campaign have worked closely with an outside money group called Iowa…
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South Central Iowa Federation Of Labor Donates 6,500+ Meals
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor members volunteered to fill around 325 baskets of food, equal to about 6,500 individual meals, at the United Auto Workers Local 450 hall in Des Moines Friday morning. The food will be distributed to United Way agencies such as Creative Visions, Visiting Nurses and EveryStep Hospice. They will also…
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Lawmakers To Meet With Mobile Home Advocates On Rent Increases
Iowa lawmakers are gathering Saturday to hear from mobile home residents in the state following this year’s reports of double-digit rent increases by out-of-state landlords. Concerns that the state is not upholding the rights of mobile home communities arose at the end of last legislative session after Utah-based corporation Havenpark Capital Partners purchased four parks…
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How Housing Became A Winning Issue In Local Iowa Races
Several local races across Iowa have demonstrated to advocates that over time, housing issues have the potential to be winning campaign issues. Candidates in Urbandale, Iowa City and Ames won their bids for city council seats on platforms focused on affordable housing needs. The success of the issue on the campaign trail has led some…
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Iowa Dems Get Ad Support For Vote To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
After the U.S. House passed The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 yesterday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running targeted ads to highlight Representative Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer’s votes to lower prescription drug prices. The bill has been in the works for months, and yesterday there was discussion on…
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Basketball, Bowling And A Bus Tour With Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang recently kicked off his 23rd trip to Iowa as a presidential candidate with great news. He had made the December debate stage. “Just an hour ago, I became the seventh person to qualify for the December debates,” said Yang, a New York entrepreneur, Tuesday evening in Des Moines before jumping on his brand…
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Iowa Now Alone As Only State Barring Past Felons From Voting
Iowa is now the only state in the nation that disenfranchises all people who commit felonies and have served their time. Today, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order to restore voting rights to felons in the state, leaving Iowa alone as the only state permanently barring felons from that right. It isn’t for…
