Depending on your primary news sources, I’m either an “elitist” or one of the 429,000 Iowans burdened with a collective $13.3 billion in student loan debt who will have a portion of it forgiven by an executive order from President Joe Biden. Biden announced...
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst didn’t mince words when asked about the Spirit Lake School Board approving a plan to arm 10 staff members. “This is common sense: Guns don’t belong in school, period,” Konfrst said during a Thursday Iowa Democrats press conference that also...
Gov. Kim Reynolds blasted President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive small amounts of federal student loans for individual borrowers—$20,000 is the highest amount that can be forgiven for certain borrowers—and tied it to inflation. “At a time of skyrocketing inflation,...
Congressional hopeful Zach Nunn said a portion of the Inflation Reduction Act that provides the IRS additional funding is an attack on people like Iowa businessman Mark Daggy, which is somewhat true considering Daggy has over 5 million dollars in assets across Iowa...
While the social media comments under Iowa news stories involving fireworks would lead you to think most people hate them, a recent poll conducted on behalf of Iowa Starting Line shows a majority of Iowans—of all political persuasions—enjoy fireworks being legal...
Gov. Kim Reyolds and nearly all the top Iowa Republicans were over the moon after Thursday’s Major League Baseball (MLB) held at the “Field of Dreams” movie site outside Dyersville. “Such a fun time at the Field of Dreams last night. Incredibly proud to see Iowa...
For years, Sen. Chuck Grassley has been an outspoken voice in Congress against pharmaceutical drug pricing and “Big Pharma” while also accepting about $1.4 million in donations from the industry throughout his senate career. However, Grassley had a recent...
Deidre DeJear is ready for the debate stage, she just needs her opponent to show up. During a Tuesday press conference on the Iowa State Capitol grounds, the Democratic nominee for Iowa governor issued a public challenge to Gov. Kim Reynolds. “I have agreed to...
An Iowa town of fewer than 2,000 people is now home to a good-old-fashioned newspaper war and Tyler Anderson is smack-dab in the middle of it. Anderson is the managing editor of the Calhoun County Phoenix, a Lake City-based newspaper that will put out its first...
(This story contains strong language) The abortion rights protester who was assaulted by Ron Paradine said he could tell the local truck driver was “on some sort of mission” as he approached the demonstrators from across the street while screaming obscenities at...
