Ty Rushing

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced another $148 million in funding for broadband expansion on Monday, but neglected to note it was only made possible by a Biden administration policy she once ridiculed. However, White House Regional Communications Director Haris Talwar pointed this out on Twitter. “Great to see @IAGovernor continuing to support President Biden’s bold economic…

Warren County residents want a special election to vote for a new county auditor after it came to light that newly appointed auditor David Whipple has a history of promoting conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the 2020 election. In Iowa, county auditors oversee elections. Whipple, who has no experience in government, was appointed to serve…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds doubled down on her support for former President Donald Trump on Friday after he was federally indicted for illegally taking classified documents—including some containing information about US nuclear programs—from the White House. “The federal indictment of former President Trump represents a grave warning sign for the state of equal justice and…

The juxtaposition of the Iowa Capitol and the section of Des Moines’ East Village where PrideFest takes place will be even more glaring this year after Republican lawmakers spent a bulk of the 2023 legislative session crafting and implementing anti-LGBTQ laws.  The 44th annual PrideFest takes place June 9-11 and is put on by the…

Pottawattamie County will hold a special election on Aug. 1 to determine how future board of supervisors elections are conducted, a move community organizers and labor groups hope will create better representation in county government. The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approved the special election when it met Tuesday, in response to a petition from…

Just a few days into the launch of Iowa’s new private school voucher program, Iowa taxpayers are already projected to spend about $76 million on private school tuition next school year. Applications for Gov. Kim Reynolds’ new private school voucher program—called Students First Education Savings Accounts—opened on May 31. For the first three days of…

Iowans will get a chance to meet one of the “very best like no one ever was” this weekend at Des Moines Comic Con as longtime Pokémon voice actor Sarah Natochenny will be there to meet and greet with fans of the series. Since 2006, Natochenny has been the English voice of Ash Ketchum, Pokémon’s…

When you sit down at the kitchen table to discuss life’s biggest challenges with a family member, is your top concern Central Bank currency or gain-of-function research? If so, you may be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ target audience for his presidential campaign in the Iowa Caucus. If not… well, large parts of his initial pitch…

Davenport, Iowa, is in the national spotlight after a building partially collapsed in the heart of its downtown over the weekend. Here’s what we know: What happened? A little before 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, Davenport first responders answered a call about a collapsed building at 324 Main Street. The six-story apartment building has…

As union construction workers practiced their trade in the background, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Iowa officials Thursday to celebrate the progress of a $20 million update to the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. The project was made possible by funding from the Biden Administration’s infrastructure law.  “The bipartisan infrastructure package gave us…