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The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with a new ad today criticizing Democrat Rita Hart for supporting a tax credit aimed at boosting Iowa's economy through investments in renewable chemicals, a growing sector in the state that benefits farmers and...
It's the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it's just not playing out the way she'd hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of the...
It's the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it's just not playing out the way she'd hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of the...
Ashley Hinson said during a recent Iowa Public Radio interview her goal, when it comes to federal family planning policy, is "to save as many lives as possible," referring to abortion. Hinson's stated goal, however, is in stark contrast with the reality in Iowa, where...
One of the greatest satisfactions of working with youth is having the chance to witness their growth and transformation — you get to see their lives change and where life takes them. I was given that privilege for nine years when I worked with young individuals in the...
September 18 is National Black Voter Day. Started by a partnership between the National Urban League, BET, and 40+ other organizations, the Day has caught on. In Iowa, the Iowa Democratic Party, Biden for President Iowa, and the Iowa Democratic Black Caucus have...
September 18 is National Black Voter Day. Started by a partnership between the National Urban League, BET, and 40+ other organizations, the Day has caught on. In Iowa, the Iowa Democratic Party, Biden for President Iowa, and the Iowa Democratic Black Caucus have...
At a time when there are 39 current long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds' administration has announced the state won't be implementing a new federal rule to strengthen surveillance testing efforts there. In a letter sent to nursing...
At a time when there are 39 current long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds' administration has announced the state won't be implementing a new federal rule to strengthen surveillance testing efforts there. In a letter sent to nursing...
Since Sept. 1, Marion County, Iowa has seen its first three COVID-19 fatalities. County Public Health officials said during a recent press conference that two of those deaths were of people over 80-years-old with pre-existing conditions. But the other was Melinda...
Since Sept. 1, Marion County, Iowa has seen its first three COVID-19 fatalities. County Public Health officials said during a recent press conference that two of those deaths were of people over 80-years-old with pre-existing conditions. But the other was Melinda...
The Des Moines Police Department saw a significant uptick in their use of force from 2015 to 2019, according to an analysis released by the city. The overall use of force employed by DMPD more than doubled from 2015 to 2019, with a significant jump occurring between...
Over the summer, in the midst of daily protests in Iowa and across the country decrying racial inequality and police brutality, Sen. Joni Ernst met with Black community leaders in Des Moines to hear their concerns and take ideas back to Washington, D.C. Two months...
Over the summer, in the midst of daily protests in Iowa and across the country decrying racial inequality and police brutality, Sen. Joni Ernst met with Black community leaders in Des Moines to hear their concerns and take ideas back to Washington, D.C. Two months...
I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am...
I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am...
I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am...
When asked this week during a debate with Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer whether paid family and medical leave should be federally mandated, Republican State Rep. Ashley Hinson said "there are a lot of creative solutions that we need to be looking at." Hinson's...
When asked this week during a debate with Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer whether paid family and medical leave should be federally mandated, Republican State Rep. Ashley Hinson said "there are a lot of creative solutions that we need to be looking at." Hinson's...
When asked this week during a debate with Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer whether paid family and medical leave should be federally mandated, Republican State Rep. Ashley Hinson said "there are a lot of creative solutions that we need to be looking at." Hinson's...
Guest post by Preethi Reddi, an Iowan currently studying at the Medical College of Georgia In May, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the four other Republican governors who elected against stay-at-home orders prematurely published an editorial in the Washington Post titled, “Our...
Guest post by Preethi Reddi, an Iowan currently studying at the Medical College of Georgia In May, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the four other Republican governors who elected against stay-at-home orders prematurely published an editorial in the Washington Post titled, “Our...
There was a milestone of note recently, and it is a shame there was not a big public celebration. Twenty years ago, Gov. Tom Vilsack and the Iowa Legislature had the foresight to create a program that has brought important changes to communities large and small across...
There was a milestone of note recently, and it is a shame there was not a big public celebration. Twenty years ago, Gov. Tom Vilsack and the Iowa Legislature had the foresight to create a program that has brought important changes to communities large and small across...
Abby Finkenauer and Ashley Hinson faced off with each other last night at the first major Iowa congressional debate of the general election, held on Iowa PBS. The one-hour affair featured sharp, concise answers from both candidates, a refreshing departure from debates...
Condemnation from across the Iowa medical community has been relentless this week in the wake of Sen. Joni Ernst’s suggestion hospitals are inflating the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths for financial gain. “These health care providers and others are reimbursed at...
Put Theresa Greenfield and Maria Ammend on the phone together and you will be hard-pressed to figure out which sister you’re talking to. Greenfield and Ammend, 56, are identical twins, and it shows. If not for the different hairstyles they wore during a recent Zoom...
Sen. Joni Ernst's campaign tried on Wednesday to clean up her damaging COVID-19 comments that drew widespread condemnation. Unfortunately, the candidate had other plans. After Ernst said she was "so skeptical" of the official U.S. coronavirus death count, noting...
A Republican candidate running in a suburban Des Moines metro seat attended a Trump campaign party that featured a Confederate flag hanging on the wall last week. Eddie Andrews, the GOP nominee for House District 39, was at the "FreedomFest/Donald Trump Acceptance...
Ashley Biden, the daughter of Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden, will rally Iowa activists virtually this Wednesday at Progress Iowa's annual Corn Feed event. She will add to a speaker lineup well-known to Democratic and progressive activists in...
