Politics
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Trone Garriott tours Epstein files exhibit, presses Nunn on his record
As the Epstein files exhibit rolls through Des Moines, Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott toured with survivors and pressed her opponent, Rep. Zach Nunn, on his votes against releasing the documents.
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What Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot ruling means for Iowa’s elections
The US Supreme Court ruled to leave in place a lower court injunction halting President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting. Here’s what the president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union wants Iowans to know.
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Anti-lobbyist candidate Joe Mitchell says he’s not a lobbyist. He just built a lobbying operation.
Joe Mitchell has built his congressional campaign around claims of being the one Republican who isn’t bought by lobbyists. For more than two years, he was the executive paying the lobbyists.
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Brenna Bird attacks rare noncitizen voting while defending dark money donations
Brenna Bird has targeted noncitizen voting in Iowa, resulting in just one conviction. She also has direct ties to big donations from “dark money” vehicles, drawing concerns about her priorities.
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Iowa Governor’s Office pay up 35% over decade as broader executive branch salaries decline, auditor finds
Salaries paid to Iowa’s executive branch employees fell 7.6% over the past decade when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released this week by State Auditor Rob Sand. However, the offices of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Secretary of State Paul Pate have bucked that trend, posting increases where the rest of the state’s…
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Iowa workers stiffed $900 million a year. He wants to stop that theft
An estimated $900 million is stolen from Iowa workers by their employers every year. If he’s elected, labor lawyer Nate Willems says the state will finally do something about that.
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Nunn, Miller-Meeks flip on Iran war vote. Hinson continues to back Trump’s war
Every time the House has voted this year on ending the Iran war, Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted no. Tuesday, seven weeks before Election Day, both changed course. Ashley Hinson, running for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, still hasn’t.
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Zach Nunn’s fundraiser with Hegseth violated the law per watchdog complaint
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at US Rep. Zach Nunn’s fundraiser ran afoul of ethics laws guiding the use of taxpayer money for political purposes, according to a recent complaint made by a nonpartisan group.
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Iowa farmers warn Save Our Bacon Act could lead to more farm consolidation
In 1998, hog prices collapsed and Chris Petersen lost the family farm. This week, he stood in a barn near Elkhart and said US Rep. Ashley Hinson’s “Save Our Bacon Act” could do it again to the Iowa farmers still standing.
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Internal poll shows Turek narrowly ahead of Hinson in Iowa Senate race
Josh Turek’s US Senate campaign got good news from a recent internal poll. It shows Turek leading Ashley Hinson.
