Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially launched his presidential campaign on Monday, speaking to a packed crowd of somewhat-willing students. He is the first to formally, officially,...
A passion for improving educational opportunities drives Charlie McConkey in the Statehouse. Raised by a mother with an eight-grade education working minimum wage, McConkey and his four siblings...
A new poll is making its way through Iowa, focused on message-testing proposals on women's economic security and paid family medical leave ideas. I received the call around 5:00 in the afternoon...
Ankeny has proven to be an Iowa boom-town in recent years, with new neighborhoods filled with young families popping up across the Des Moines suburb seemingly every month. A woman whose family...
Iowa Democratic activists hungry for a caucus conversation got a full serving of progressive populism from Martin O'Malley during his two-day Iowa swing this week. The former Maryland Governor...
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been receiving rave reviews of his campaign appearances during his second try for the White House, and it wasn't hard to see why at a West Des Moines event...
Consisting of the Iowa cities of Bettendorf and Davenport, and the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois, the Quad Cities provide a unique facet to Iowa geography. Combined,...
During a high-profile debate on collective bargaining rules and education funding, Republican State Representative Ross Paustian decided to crack open a book entitled "Sex After Sixty." Des...
There's no green beer in sight at the Statehouse this evening, but Iowa House Republicans appear drunk on partisanship with their latest push to slash workers' collective bargaining rights....
Starting Line focuses on Iowa politics, and I'll be reporting from the Statehouse later today, but I've had a nagging desire to write about the recent deplorable situation of Missouri politics,...
