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Three weeks from today, Iowans will know the fate of their favored candidates in local, state and federal races. As of Tuesday morning, 198,523 Democrats and 157,792 Republicans requested absentee ballots for a total of 356,315, far surpassing the total number of...
Postville, Iowa is confirmed to contain the vast majority of Allamakee County’s high number of coronavirus cases, according to new Veteran’s Memorial Hospital data uncovered by a local elected official. Around 90% of the rural hot-spot county’s cases are contained in...
Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Des Moines today, Iowa Democrats used the opportunity to point out the ways they believe the Trump Administration and Gov. Kim Reynolds have failed to protect frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. As they were...
Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Des Moines today, Iowa Democrats used the opportunity to point out the ways they believe the Trump Administration and Gov. Kim Reynolds have failed to protect frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. As they were...
Congresswoman Cindy Axne heard from several Iowa mayors Wednesday who are expecting multi-million-dollar budget shortfalls this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with lasting impacts on local businesses, recreational offerings and municipal services still unknown....
Guest post by Mark Sarcone, editor and legislative director for Des Moines' American Postal Workers Union I am a proud postal worker. During this coronavirus pandemic, my fellow frontline coworkers and I continue to go to work every day, even in these dangerous times,...
Sen. Joni Ernst was asked this week to describe how Iowa is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, providing the Trump campaign a markedly different answer from how she described the state two weeks ago. "It has been a hard time in Iowa, but because we have such...
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats' Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there are...
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats' Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there are...
Wendi Riggens thought she had a sinus infection. The symptoms were mild, but it was her loss of taste and smell that prompted the Burlington woman to seek a COVID-19 test. Coupled with a nagging fever, headache and congestion, Riggens wanted an answer. She is a Type 1...
Wendi Riggens thought she had a sinus infection. The symptoms were mild, but it was her loss of taste and smell that prompted the Burlington woman to seek a COVID-19 test. Coupled with a nagging fever, headache and congestion, Riggens wanted an answer. She is a Type 1...
Wendi Riggens thought she had a sinus infection. The symptoms were mild, but it was her loss of taste and smell that prompted the Burlington woman to seek a COVID-19 test. Coupled with a nagging fever, headache and congestion, Riggens wanted an answer. She is a Type 1...
A new poll out this morning shows the Iowa Senate race in a dead heat for a potential November matchup between Sen. Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield. Ernst leads Greenfield by a single point, 43% to 42%, in a survey from Public Policy Polling...
A new poll out this morning shows the Iowa Senate race in a dead heat for a potential November matchup between Sen. Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield. Ernst leads Greenfield by a single point, 43% to 42%, in a survey from Public Policy Polling...
A new poll out this morning shows the Iowa Senate race in a dead heat for a potential November matchup between Sen. Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield. Ernst leads Greenfield by a single point, 43% to 42%, in a survey from Public Policy Polling...
This weekend, Iowa reported a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, putting the state at 9,169, something Gov. Kim Reynolds has warned people about in the past few days. From Thursday to Friday, the total number reported Saturday increased by 757. From Friday to...
This weekend, Iowa reported a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, putting the state at 9,169, something Gov. Kim Reynolds has warned people about in the past few days. From Thursday to Friday, the total number reported Saturday increased by 757. From Friday to...
This weekend, Iowa reported a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, putting the state at 9,169, something Gov. Kim Reynolds has warned people about in the past few days. From Thursday to Friday, the total number reported Saturday increased by 757. From Friday to...
Mowing grass is about the only aspect of life that is normal in Perry these days. As the Iowa town northwest of Des Moines deals with positive coronavirus tests at its local Tyson plant, several community members have organized—and continue to organize—ways of...
Iowans do not agree with their state's overall plans to reopen large sections of the economy starting tomorrow, a sweeping new national poll of the public's thoughts on the coronavirus shows. And Gov. Kim Reynolds' handling of the pandemic rates among the lowest for...
Iowans do not agree with their state's overall plans to reopen large sections of the economy starting tomorrow, a sweeping new national poll of the public's thoughts on the coronavirus shows. And Gov. Kim Reynolds' handling of the pandemic rates among the lowest for...
Después de algunas semanas de hablar con los trabajadores latinos y otros trabajadores inmigrantes de la industria de empacadoras de carne, me di cuenta de que muchos de ellos tienen dos cosas importantes en común: una es el miedo a perder su trabajo, la segunda es la...
After a few weeks of talking to Latino and other immigrant workers from the meat packing industry, I realized that many of them have two significant things in common: One is fear of losing their jobs, second is the resounding voice of their children. This new...
Iowa's 2020 primary is certain to hit a record for the number of voters casting their ballot by mail. As of Monday, 41,886 absentee ballots had already been requested for the June 2 primary, more than the 38,218 total absentee/early votes in the entirety of the 2016...
Iowa's 2020 primary is certain to hit a record for the number of voters casting their ballot by mail. As of Monday, 41,886 absentee ballots had already been requested for the June 2 primary, more than the 38,218 total absentee/early votes in the entirety of the 2016...
Iowa's 2020 primary is certain to hit a record for the number of voters casting their ballot by mail. As of Monday, 41,886 absentee ballots had already been requested for the June 2 primary, more than the 38,218 total absentee/early votes in the entirety of the 2016...
At her morning press conference today, Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out the path Iowa will take to reopen its economy. The reason for doing it now, she said, is that the mitigation strategies previously in place aren’t sustainable, so the state’s approach must change. “The...
At her morning press conference today, Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out the path Iowa will take to reopen its economy. The reason for doing it now, she said, is that the mitigation strategies previously in place aren’t sustainable, so the state’s approach must change. “The...
At her morning press conference today, Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out the path Iowa will take to reopen its economy. The reason for doing it now, she said, is that the mitigation strategies previously in place aren’t sustainable, so the state’s approach must change. “The...
Iowa is number one in the nation for states where coronavirus is spreading fastest. That spot was secured according to MSN and 24/7 Wall Street, a financial news and commentary website. It compared the number of confirmed cases and deaths from April 16 to April 23,...
