Following the 2016 election defeat, Democrats are in a real funk. The coming Trump presidency combined with Republican control of the House and Senate gives Democrats little hope that they can...
The biggest battle at the Iowa Statehouse this year will likely center around collective bargaining rights for state employees. At issue is Iowa's "Chapter 20," the section in Iowa code that...
The Iowa Legislature convened this week for the 2017 session. Republicans now control both chambers in the Statehouse and the Governor's mansion, but Democrats aren't backing down from the fight....
A wide array of progressive organizations gathered yesterday at the Capitol to speak out against the new Republican legislative majorities' far-right agenda. Nathan Blake of Des Moines took the...
The T-ball mentality has spread to many colleges and universities. This trend should concern parents, grandparents, students, prospective employers and others. It should concern us because access...
Last week Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate unveiled his voter suppression proposal that would impose many new voter identification restrictions on Iowa voters. One part of Pate's plan that...
Guest post from Danny Homan, President of AFSCME Council 61 In the wake of the election results in November, there has been talk that Republican majorities in the state legislature will propose...
When the Donald Trump wave swept white, blue-collar voters away from Democrats in 2016, few places were hit harder politically than Wapello County, Iowa. Home to Ottumwa, a working class city of...
The promise by Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix to “kick in the door of government” should leave no question about the Iowa Senate Republican leadership’s extreme agenda. Senator Dix’s threat...
The “Suck It Up Buttercup” bill is no more. Republican State Representative Bobby Kaufmann will not propose legislation to punish public colleges that hosted post-election discussions that...
