Guest op-ed from State Sen. Eric Giddens of Cedar Falls. Our nation’s guiding principle is enshrined in our founding document: the government derives its power from the people, and the people direct the operations of their government. That’s what the Declaration of...
During a significant few weeks for the nation’s widening affordable housing needs, several federal bill proposals and candidate plans were rolled out to address the crisis. In her role as a California senator, 2020 Democratic candidate Kamala Harris introduced last...
In his first appearance since taking the lead in Iowa polls, Mayor Pete Buttigieg spent the past two days in Western Iowa, a conservative stronghold and sparsely populated part of the state. On Monday, he visited Red Oak, Creston, Atlantic and Council Bluffs. On...
Bernie Sanders, a die-hard baseball fan, took a swing this week at Major League Baseball and its proposal to shutter 42 Minor League Baseball teams, three of which are in Iowa. The proposal is far from finalized — the current Professional Baseball Agreement expires...
When Republican Bobby Schilling announced his candidacy for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, he was the only GOP candidate in the race. Now, the former Illinois congressman faces a primary challenger in state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa. Though...
Every Democratic debate so far has included at least a few questions about health care. Namely, which version of universal health insurance the candidates support. Moderators have used the differences to drive wedges between the party's factions of "Medicare for...
The criticism of money in politics continued when Mayor Pete Buttigieg journeyed Monday through Western Iowa. When asked for his thoughts on former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s entry in the presidential race, Buttigieg was diplomatic. “Well, [I’m] always...
After drawing record crowds during a successful Iowa trip earlier this month, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again have joined together to introduce a new version of Green New Deal legislation, focused...
It was an hour and a half into Joe Biden’s event in Knoxville, Iowa, and the former vice president wasn’t ready to leave. Taking his third question after his staff called for a “last question,” Biden walked into the crowd to an older gentleman emphatically raising...
Sen. Kamala Harris called it "the donkey in the room": Are Americans ready for a black woman to be president? Harris, California's junior U.S. senator, is used to making history. She was the first woman to serve as California's attorney general and the first...
