Incumbent Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart may not make it to the inevitable runoff for the city's top job. Candidates Tiffany O'Donnell and Amara Andrews earned more votes than he did on Tuesday, but because no one got 50% of the vote, a runoff election is triggered...
The day after Halloween, Sen. Chuck Grassley was spreading some fear of his own on Twitter. Grassley tweeted about the amount of fentanyl that had been seized at the US-Mexico border, claiming it was enough to kill more than a fourth of the world's population. He...
More often than not in Iowa, when it rains it pours. And when it pours, more pollutants end up in Iowa’s waterways, which worsens water quality for everyone downstream. Thanks to climate change, that's happening more and more often. “Any event, even the small...
Groups working against US Rep. Cindy Axne have poured more than $2 million in TV advertisements to attack her and the broader Democratic agenda in 2021, well over a year before the election. The ads connect Axne, Iowa's lone congressional Democrat, to pieces of the...
Where tragedy and chaos combine, hauntings often follow. At least, that’s what legends say. And Iowa has its fair share. We're all aware of the most famous haunted place in Iowa—the Villisca Axe Murder House. But we wanted to take a look at other sites that might...
If you've listened to Rep. Ashley Hinson lately, you'd think that under a new proposal, every time you pay your rent, buy a new TV or computer, or otherwise spend at least $600, a notification will pop up on the screen of an IRS employee tracking your every move....
MidAmerican Energy Co. announced last week that heating prices going into the cold, Iowa winter will be significantly increased—likely by 46 to 96%. The Des Moines-based utility has 774,000 natural gas customers in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota....
Water quality has been a top concern for residents of Des Moines in recent years, and the topic was highlighted often at a recent Des Moines City Council candidate forum earlier this week. Ward Three Incumbent Josh Mandelbaum raised the issue with one of the other...
Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Republicans rallied against President Joe Biden's signature COVID relief package, but are now championing a $200 million investment in broadband for the state, which was made possible by the federal American Rescue Plan. “Broadband has...
A month ago, Gov. Kim Reynolds launched the first advertisement for her “This is Iowa” campaign meant to attract people to visit, live, and work in the state. Reynolds is using federal COVID-19 relief funds to air the ads. The commercial shows lush landscapes,...
