The political news site Morning Consult has their new round of gubernatorial polls out from all 50 states, and there's good and bad news for Iowa's Kim Reynolds. The poll found she had 45% job approval, 27% disapproval, with another 30% listed as Don't Know/No Opinion...
Kim Reynolds’ Failure Will Cost Thousands of Iowans’ Their Health Insurance
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced this afternoon that Iowa had failed to obtain a waiver on Iowa's stopgap health insurance plan yet from the Trump Administration and was withdrawing their proposal. About 70,000 Iowans are on the state's individual market...
What Drives Fred Hubbell In Life, Gubernatorial Campaign
Around Des Moines, the Hubbell name is known for many things. Thousands of people live in Hubbell Realty-managed apartments and homes. Parents drop their kids off to school at Hubbell Elementary. Hubbell Avenue is a major artery that cuts through Des Moines’ East...
Iowa Dems FOIA Reynolds/Trump Communication On ACA Stopgap Plan
Did President Donald Trump really personally kill off Iowa's request for a stopgap measure, risking tens of thousands of Iowans' health insurance just to make a political point? Has the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) actually made a decision yet?...
Matt McCoy Makes His Pick In Gubernatorial Primary
Des Moines State Senator Matt McCoy is endorsing Fred Hubbell in the Democratic gubernatorial primary today, praising the Des Moines businessman’s knowledge of the Iowa economy and lifetime of support for progressive causes. McCoy’s backing gives Hubbell his first...
How Cathy Glasson Stared Down Intimidation Efforts To Form Her Union
When the ballots were being counted to determine whether or not University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics healthcare workers would unionize, Cathy Glasson – the person who had led the effort for months – wasn’t in the room. Glasson was instead working a 12-hour shift in...
Like Father, Like Son: Nate Boulton’s Campaign Is A Union Family Affair
When State Senator Nate Boulton received the endorsement of Steelworkers Local 310 at their union hall earlier this year, he was in a familiar place. Boulton and his family travelled from their home in Columbus Junction to the Des Moines labor headquarters for...
In Tough Days With Patients, Andy McGuire Saw Real Cost Of Insurance Crisis
It wasn’t long into Dr. Andy McGuire’s medical career when she came face-to-face with the impossible choices parents face in a country with a broken healthcare system. When a younger patient came in for an exam over a bad form of Thyroid disease, the parents stood...
Will Auditor Mary Mosiman Do Her Job On Funny Budget Numbers?
Something doesn't add up with Governor Kim Reynolds' budget numbers. After an entire year of state revenue coming in under predictions time and again, with Republicans making painful cuts to essential services and borrowing from the rainy day fund, Iowa's fiscal...
Kim Reynolds Signals Willingness To Push Ugly Racial Issues In 2018
Beset by nonstop stories about Iowa's worsening budget crisis, Governor Kim Reynolds has been looking for a way to change the discussion in local political news. So on Monday she took a page out of her favorite racist president's playbook and criticized the players...