Politics
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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.
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Texts show Lahn’s campaign was warned about Derek Wulf’s debts on day one
What did Zach Lahn’s campaign know about Derek Wulf’s money problems, and when? Texts obtained by Iowa Starting Line show a Lahn field director was warned about Wulf’s lawsuits the day he was picked. Three days later, a conservative lobbyist asked whether Bobby Kaufmann was ‘a possibility’ for lieutenant governor. The staffer replied, ‘Yes he…
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Rob Sand vows to keep taking summer EBT as Iowa pantry need grows
Asked at a Coralville pantry roundtable whether Iowa would stay in the federal summer EBT program, the Democratic nominee for governor said, “We’ll keep taking it.”
