Though he ended his campaign for governor Wednesday morning, Rep. Ras Smith, is ready to jump feet-first into the start of the legislative session next week. “For me this experience has been one that’s been eye-opening but it’s not discouraging. Disappointing but...
Support for legalized marijuana is only getting higher in Iowa as Democratic legislators want to give voters the chance to make it happen. Iowa Senate Democrats announced Tuesday they will move to pass an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to regulate marijuana...
Nicole Hasso, a Republican candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, said she thinks the pandemic was a good thing for the United States because of the increased political activism it caused. “When COVID hit, I think that was the best thing that ever...
The day after Halloween, Sen. Chuck Grassley was spreading some fear of his own on Twitter. Grassley tweeted about the amount of fentanyl that had been seized at the US-Mexico border, claiming it was enough to kill more than a fourth of the world's population. He...
With Halloween around the corner, I can’t help but think about the other celebration I grew up with: Day of the Dead. For some Latin American cultures, including my own, the celebration has a very different meaning. “El Día de Los Muertos” or Day of the Dead is an...
Groups working against US Rep. Cindy Axne have poured more than $2 million in TV advertisements to attack her and the broader Democratic agenda in 2021, well over a year before the election. The ads connect Axne, Iowa's lone congressional Democrat, to pieces of the...
Padre Fabian Moncada impacts the lives of many from the pulpit of Our Lady Of The Americas, the iconic Catholic church on the east side of Des Moines. For decades, the parish has been considered a spiritual home for Latinos, and Padre Fabian, 49, has led the...
If you've listened to Rep. Ashley Hinson lately, you'd think that under a new proposal, every time you pay your rent, buy a new TV or computer, or otherwise spend at least $600, a notification will pop up on the screen of an IRS employee tracking your every move....
The US military planes left Afghanistan on Aug. 30 after 20 years, marking the end of the longest war in American history. It was heart-wrenching to watch the images on TV of thousands of desperate Afghans trying to escape their country. Fortunately, nearly 37,000...
Sen. Chuck Grassley gave a stirring, 25-second explanation of why he was accepting former President Donald Trump's endorsement last night: solely because it would help him politically. The 88-year-old senator briefly took the stage with Trump before a crowd of...
