Politics
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‘I think it’s time to try something different’ on Iowa governor, labor head says
“More private schools, less healthcare, lower wages—we’ve already been headed in this direction as a state. I think it’s time to try something different.”
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Private school turned away her daughter. Now this Iowa mom backs Rob Sand
A Catholic school turned away Kathy Butler’s daughter, who has Down syndrome, saying it didn’t have the resources to serve her. Now, as Iowa joins a federal voucher program, Butler is backing Rob Sand’s call for more oversight in the race for governor.
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Miller-Meeks and Bohannan clash over Iran war in 1st District debate
The candidates in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District also sparred over costs, healthcare, and a new $8 billion farm fuel relief payment.
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Where does Mariannette Miller-Meeks actually live?
Mariannette Miller-Meeks isn’t required to live in the district she represents. But that hasn’t stopped her from citing other addresses in the past.
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Trone Garriott pitches scrapping Social Security cap at Des Moines roundtable
The Democratic congressional candidate says she would lift the cap on earnings taxed for Social Security and oppose any benefit cuts or increase to the retirement age.
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Iowa farmer Aaron Lehman pays $1,000 more a day for diesel this harvest
On a busy harvest day, Aaron Lehman’s Iowa farm can burn through 400 gallons of diesel. This fall, that fuel is costing him about $1,000 more per day than it did last year. “That’s just a cost that you cannot adjust around and make up for in other ways,” said Lehman, a fifth-generation farmer whose…
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Iowa’s 3rd District candidates pitch contrasting plans on affordability
As the anticipated midterm election approaches, affordability has become one of the focuses of the campaign trail for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. Trone Garriott argued on the podcast “blind cuts” to federal programs are pushing necessary goods out of reach for many families.
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Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson spar over wealth, missed votes, and Iran in final Iowa Senate debate
Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek traded sharp attacks over private stock, missed votes, fuel prices and the Iran war in their final debate before Election Day.
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Sand and Lahn clash on school aid, taxes, and data centers in Sioux City debate
Lahn declined to name a school funding number and has no plan yet to pay for ending property taxes, while the two found common ground on data center tax breaks: They don’t like them.
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Waterloo’s Black-owned businesses aren’t getting help from DC
Waterloo’s small business owners are struggling. I asked whether they’d ever gotten help—or even heard from—their senators or representative in Washington, DC.
