Politics
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Ramaswamy: Teens Would Choose TikTok Over Voting Rights
Vivek Ramaswamy would ban anyone under 16 from having social media accounts and believes members of Gen Z would choose TikTok over voting rights if forced to decide. The Ohio businessman and 2024 Republican president candidate shared these thoughts during Friday stops in Indianola, Pella, and Newton. Ramaswamy was fresh off his scene-stealing appearance at…
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This Is Why Iowa Schools Need Permission To Use Nicknames
If you are an Iowa parent wondering why your local school district needs your permission to call your child by their nickname this school year, it’s because of a new law spearheaded by Iowa Republicans. SF 496 was a massive education bill championed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and other Republicans that instituted a multitude of…
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New Iowa Coalition Targeting Zach Nunn’s Voting Record
Republican Congressman Zach Nunn does not yet have a Democratic challenger for next year’s election, but a new coalition called “Fairness for Iowa” is taking aim at his voting record, arguing he is not actually representing the people of Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. Fairness for Iowa is planning a seven-figure media effort to hold Nunn “accountable…
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What to Know About Donald Trump’s Four Indictments
Over the past several months, former president Donald Trump has become the center of not one, not two, not three, but four criminal investigations, at both the state and federal level. The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination faces dozens of charges across the four cases he’s been indicted in–91 in total–and has pleaded…
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One Year In, Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Has Helped Iowa
One year ago today, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law. The legislation represented the largest-ever investment in fighting climate change, lowered health care and prescription drug costs, raised taxes on corporations, and boosted funding for the Internal Revenue Service to go after wealthy tax cheats. The bill was passed with only Democratic…
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Here’s What To Know About Trump’s Indictment in Georgia
Former president Donald Trump has been criminally charged in the state of Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to an indictment issued late Monday night. Trump has been charged with 13 counts in this case, including a count of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which calls for…
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DeSantis Has Law Enforcement Block Iowa Journalist From Event
Four sheriff’s deputies blocked Iowa Starting Line reporters from entering a DeSantis event, despite covering him many times before.
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Walz At State Fair: GOP’s Agenda ‘Morally Reprehensible’
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had a pretty simple message for Republican presidential candidates visiting the Iowa State Fair: “Mind your own damn business.” “There’s no need for government to be in the exam room when women are making their decisions. We’ve always had local control of our schools and, as a teacher, I always welcomed…
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New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism
As more than a dozen GOP presidential candidates descend on Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) wants to send them a message they won’t miss. The DNC is placing a billboard in Iowa’s capital city attacking Republican candidates for supporting the MAGA agenda, which Democrats said includes hurting working…
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15 Iowa Counties To Get Nearly $100 Million In Voucher Money
The Iowa Department of Education has approved $142 million in taxpayer dollars to go towards K-12 private school tuition for the 2023-24 school, and nearly $100 million of that amount will go to applicants in just 15 Iowa counties. New data from the department released Monday showed that 18,627 applications have been approved for Gov.…
