Five 2020 Democratic candidates were peppered with questions in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, about their agendas for local America and asked how to lessen the disconnect between Washington and cities nationwide. Infrastructure, housing and economic development were...
The Local America Presidential Forum, welcomed to Waterloo by Mayor Quentin Hart, was hosted by Accelerator for America and the United States Conference of Mayors, and was sponsored by Iowa Starting Line and Mediacom. The forum connected the wide-ranging federal...
Sen. Joni Ernst's reelection efforts took a hit today in the midst of revelations her campaign may have illegally coordinated with the "dark money" group Iowa Values. But this isn't the first time Ernst has skirted the bounds of campaign finance laws. In the fall...
Condemnation came swiftly Friday morning as news broke of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst's connection to the "dark money" group Iowa Values, and how it has helped raise money to bolster her 2020 reelection effort. The Associated Press reported today on material it obtained...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar shared the details of her newly released plan for the future of work Thursday afternoon at the Machinists Union Lodge in Des Moines. Klobuchar spoke for nearly an hour with a table of Iowans about the new challenges workers and businesses face in...
Andrew Yang has championed a universal basic income policy, coined "the Freedom Dividend." A big part of his sell has been that you could use this money for any personal need or want. Struggling to afford housing rent prices near your job? $1,000 can help cushion...
Former Vice President Joe Biden's eight-day 'No Malarkey' bus tour across Iowa isn't full of shenanigans. In fact, it's really quite serious. Biden spent the first five days of the 660-mile tour discussing a variety of weighty topics with voters in the...
Guest op-ed by Polk County Democrats Chair Sean Bagniewski The Democratic National Committee’s road to the debate stage was paved with good intentions. Throughout 2018, a record number of up-and-coming Democratic presidential candidates crisscrossed the country and...
Guest op-ed from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson, Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd and Mankato Mayor Najwa Massad. This week, Senator Amy Klobuchar will take part in the Local America Presidential Forum hosted by the United States Conference of...
Eddie Mauro, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, has made his first TV ad buy of the 2020 cycle. The campaign will spend about $105,000 on digital and TV ads set to start airing today. The ads will run for three weeks, according to the campaign. "Cool Under...
