2019
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Iowa Climate Strikes Will Draw National, State Political Leaders
Friday’s youth-led global climate strikes will include political star power at some Iowa rallies. 2020 Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak tomorrow morning at the Iowa Climate Strike in Des Moines outside the Capitol building. U.S. Senate candidate Kimberly Graham and Linn County Supervisor Stacy Walker will join local Sunrise Movement members in Cedar…
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Mauro Takes Aim At Ernst’s Gun Record In Provocative First TV Ad
Eddie Mauro, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, has made his first TV ad buy of the 2020 cycle. The campaign will spend about $105,000 on digital and TV ads set to start airing today. The ads will run for three weeks, according to the campaign. “Cool Under Fire” weaves in footage from Sen.…
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One Iowa Union’s Plans To Give Back This Holiday Season
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 55 has made Christmas wishes come true for dozens of Iowa families throughout the last five years. Ever since union membership voted to create the Helpful Elves program, Local 55, partnering with the Local 145, the Local 1634, the Local 204, the Liberty Line Builders, RS Electric Utility…
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One Iowa City Where Redlining’s Legacy Still Haunts
After Waterloo, Iowa, retiree Rosetta Robinson’s daughter had a baby, the two moved out of the small apartment they shared together, expecting to get a more spacious home within a few months. That was last year, and the women are still living in temporary living conditions — Rosetta with her mother in a one-bedroom apartment…
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Evans: It’s A Shame So Many See Compromise As Bad
Down through the ages, a pretty comprehensive list of sins has been compiled to guide our daily lives. Some have been added over time as society’s norms have changed, and others have been stricken from the list. I’m not here to preach to you about envy, gluttony or greed, or even some of the more…
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Ep134: Kamala Harris Out, Biden’s No Malarkey Tour And CBS Reporters
Pat Rynard sits down with Musadiq Bidar and Adam Brewster, two CBS News embed reporters, to talk about their experience thus far in the state, the state of the race, Kamala Harris dropping out earlier this week, Joe Biden’s No Malarkey Bus Tour, Cory Booker Super PAC ads and more.
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Ernst Backs Nominee Who Defended Iowa 6-Week Abortion Ban
One of Donald Trump’s biggest goals as president has been reshaping the federal judiciary. On Tuesday, eight judicial nominees were highlighted for an abbreviated debate and are expected to come up for a vote before the full Senate sometime this week. Sen. Joni Ernst, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, approved all of them,…
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Two Warren Swings, Two States: What’s Different Outside Iowa
Believe it or not, presidential candidates occasionally campaign in states other than Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Weird, right? And as you might expect, the dynamics of events in a place like Chicago, Illinois, where early candidate visits are a rarity, often vary from those in Iowa, where it’s hard to go to…
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Rachel Junck Becomes Youngest Woman Ever Elected In Iowa
Rachel Junck, an Iowa State University student and born-and-raised Ames native, won her runoff race against incumbent Chris Nelson to win the 4th Ward City Council seat. Rachel is a chemical engineering student at Iowa State and will graduate in the spring of 2021. This is a landmark victory for Junck, as the 20-year-old seals…
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Teamsters Prez Says Dems “Better Have A Message For Us” At Iowa Forum
The President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James Hoffa, is expecting more than 700 union members from across the nation to attend the Teamsters forum in Cedar Rapids Saturday, Dec. 7. “I don’t know where we’re going to put them all. We’ll put them outside. We’ll put a TV outside,” Hoffa said in an…
