A life of political advocacy and being a single mother to a gifted child has well-prepared Natasha Newcomb in her new plan to run for Des Moines School Board. She is a candidate for School Board...

Good morning readers! As always, a lot happened in the political world this week. Enjoy our Sunday Grab Bag of shorter takes on a number of Iowa and national political topics: Rod Blum's Buddies...

Ted Cruz took his post-announcement tour to Iowa this week, hitting Sioux City, Dubuque, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines during Wednesday and Thursday. Starting Line followed the Senator...

Former Congressman Bruce Braley has reportedly moved to Denver, Colorado to join a top law firm based there. The news was reported Thursday evening, and marks the final chapter of the fallout...

With his early campaign launch last week, Ted Cruz has captured the majority of the media's presidential race attention the last two weeks, for better or for worse. Actually, mostly for worse for...

NextGen Climate Action released a April Fool's-themed web video today that mocked Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio skepticism and denial of climate change. The...

1. Iowans Insist on One-on-One Time with the Candidates - Nearly a quarter of a million people turned out for the 2008 Democratic Caucus, when Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards faced...

While the race for the Iowa's Democratic-leaning 1st Congressional District has captured headlines and excitement recently, the race for the 3rd District has been a quieter affair. That won't...

Good morning readers! As always, a lot happened in the political world this week. Enjoy our Sunday Grab Bag of shorter takes on a number of Iowa and national political topics: A Moderate-Sounding...

In what might be the most important endorsement in Iowa's developing first congressional district race, EMILY's List announced their support of Monica Vernon. The well-respected organization that...