What you need to know about the Special Election in Senate District 1.
🗳️ Election Day is August 26.
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A $125 million project is transforming Des Moines' underutilized and murky river into a 150-mile recreational waterway with beach-like areas, dam improvements, and 86 connected sites. Would you swim in it?
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"Titter tatter." Translation: People wondering about the future of one of Iowa's most powerful offices.
Is Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks bought and paid for? Christina Bohannan, the Democratic candidate for Miller-Meeks’ seat, seems to think so.
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Christopher Prosch, the Republican nominee for Iowa Senate District 1, compared abortion to the Holocaust in a 2022 YouTube video with Veterans for Trump.
🚨TW: mentions of sexual violence
Christopher Prosch, the Republican nominee for Iowa Senate District 1, said victims of r*pe and inc*st should carry pregnancies to term in a 2022 YouTube video with Veterans for Trump.
Christina Bohannan was unsure if she would give Congress a third try—her district played a big role in convincing her.
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Here's who the Iowa GOP is really working for
President Donald Trump is making a trip to Iowa this week. We're watching for which Iowa Republicans make a mad dash for a seat at his table.
Check out more on the newest episode of Cornhole Champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-yD_H1l6wc
Central Iowa has high nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. Its water services are struggling to convince residents that their water is still fine to drink.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amy Rivers, and Avery Staker break down the Central Iowa Water Works debacle and the growing trust crisis between officials and concerned residents.
Toss some bags about Iowa rolling back civil rights protections for trans Iowans… Trump heads to the Iowa fairgrounds… and a conversation with Democrat Christina Bohannan.
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*SHOW RUNDOWN:*
00:00 - Central Iowa Water Crisis - Nitrate Levels Above EPA Safety Limits
01:00 - Home Test Strip Controversy - Residents Testing Their Own Water Safety
02:30 - Big Ag Regulation Reluctance - Political Element of Water Safety
03:00 - Voluntary Compliance Failures - Why Self-Regulation Isn't Working
05:00 - Mounting System Distrust - Root Problem vs. Individual Blame
06:30 - Industrial Ag Efficiency vs. Environmental Impact
07:30 - Unprofitable Crop Prices - Go Bigger Strategy to Minimize Losses
08:00 - Ethanol Aviation Fuel Dreams - Agriculture's "Second Coming" Promises
09:30 - Responsible Pivot Planning - Emergency Prevention vs. Reactive Crisis
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