News broke this week that a number of central Iowa private schools on Friday were vaccinating their staff, and for some public educators fed up with school privatization and in-person learning efforts from the Legislature, it was the last straw. West Des Moines...
In what’s been described as a “disastrous week in education” by public school advocates, the Iowa Senate last Thursday pushed forward a sweeping school privatization bill, followed by Gov. Kim Reynolds signing on Friday a requirement that schools now offer a 100%...
Iowa this week moved into the second phase of its vaccine rollout while the state’s stockpile remains low just a few days after it hit a new record amount of COVID deaths. First responders, educators and Iowans age 65 or older are now able to join healthcare...
Rural Iowa didn’t get to know Theresa Greenfield well enough this year, at least that's how some Democrats in rural Iowa are reconciling with their candidate's loss to Sen. Joni Ernst. In a race peppered with competitive polling and record fundraising for...
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats' fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator...
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats' fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator...
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats' fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator...
While campaigning across the state for down-ballot GOP candidates last week, Republican elected officials repeatedly highlighted a reason to hold onto all chambers of Iowa government: so as not to halt their agenda. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa House Speaker Pat...
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves...
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves...
