Bernie Sanders is back on the airwaves in Iowa. This time it's for Pete D'Alessandro, a top adviser for Sanders' Iowa Caucus operation in 2016. D'Alessandro is running in a competitive three-way Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District nomination to...
Democrats have a good opportunity at retaking the Iowa House in the 2018 elections, but which candidates get the party's nomination in competitive primaries could prove a key factor. There are a lot more legislative primaries than usual this year - 25 in all for...
A new poll has warning signs for Democrats in Iowa who are working to win back the voters they lost to Donald Trump in 2016. According to a recently released poll from Monmouth College, 63% of voters in Iowa's 1st Congressional District who backed Trump in 2016...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard & show producer Chance Dorland discuss all the different components of the ongoing Dave Jamison firing & Iowa Finance Authority misuse of funds, followed by an interview with...
Iowa Democrats held their district conventions this Saturday, the third step in their caucus-to-convention process. Unlike the precinct caucuses and county conventions, there were no blizzards. The most consequential part of the day was elections for the party's...
There were even more problems at the Iowa Finance Authority during former director Dave Jamison's tenure than sexual harassment, claims a former staffer who has filed a discrimination complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. Gabrielle Riesterer, who worked...
The truth comes out... some of it, anyway. Yesterday's release of the three-page document of sexual harassment claims against fired Iowa Finance Authority director Dave Jamison revealed disgusting new details and raised further questions about Reynolds' handling of...
Is Congressman Steve King at risk of losing reelection? Every single cycle, Democrats hope and pray that this will finally be the year that the reviled Republican will go down in electoral defeat. And every cycle, the conservative lean of Iowa's 4th Congressional...
Governor Kim Reynolds acted swiftly and decisively in firing Dave Jamison upon being informed of "credible" allegations of sexual harassment. Except, wait, we can't tell you about what any of those allegations were. Oh, and also, there was no written documentation...
Just about everyone up at the Statehouse is ready for the session to be over for the year. The Legislature passed the 100-day mark last Tuesday, the day per diems end for lawmakers and the clerks head out. And two people with a particular vested interest in its end...
