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Iowa's senators were split as the US Senate voted 62-37 to advance a bill to uphold and protect Americans' rights to marry. The Respect for Marriage Act would codify same-sex and interracial marriage by requiring the federal government to recognize those marriages. It...
While you can’t read about any issues Jake Chapman supports or opposes on his campaign website—votejackchapman.com—his actions in the Iowa Senate paint a clear picture about what he cares about: Controlling women’s bodies, guns, and defunding/defaming public schools....
Josh Turek represented America on the international stage and now he's ready to represent his hometown in the Iowa Legislature. The 43-year-old, two-time gold medal-winning Paralympian was born and raised in Council Bluffs and is the Democratic candidate for Iowa...
Ingredion officials brought half a dozen armed guards to negotiations with unarmed workers in what union officials called "despicable" and "a clear attempt to silence and intimidate union members." However, it appears it was the hotel revoking conference rooms that...
As the strike of unionized Ingredion workers in Cedar Rapids continues well into its second month, company leaders publicized their side, frustrated workers promptly refuted it, and the Cedar Rapids City Council has opted to take a "work it out yourselves" approach....
Like many Republicans on the ballot this fall, Rep. Ashley Hinson's views on whether Iowans should control their own reproductive health care rights are quickly changing. On Tuesday, Hinson, who represents Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, joined 85 other Republicans...
A proposed diversity audit initiated by the Johnston School District’s former diversity, equity, and inclusion director is being called into question by three conservative members of the Johnson School Board. West Wind Education Policy President Circe Strombo was at...
Polls show that Iowans' support of legalizing recreational marijuana has reached new highs, but where do Iowa's two US Senate candidates stand on the issue? Michael Franken, the Democratic candidate from Sioux City, has been vocal about legalizing cannabis at the...
A self-proclaimed Nazi drove around Des Moines on Sept. 11 in a U-Haul truck that he dubbed the “9/11 Hate Bus" with signage that blamed Jewish people for the terrorist attack. The truck had a Swastika flag specific to an Iowa Nazi group attached to the front of it...
As students return to the classroom and heated debates about schools resume, it's a perfect time to examine what Iowa's two gubernatorial candidates have in mind for the future of education in Iowa. Deidre DeJear, the Democratic candidate for governor, wants to put...
Depending on your primary news sources, I’m either an “elitist” or one of the 429,000 Iowans burdened with a collective $13.3 billion in student loan debt who will have a portion of it forgiven by an executive order from President Joe Biden. Biden announced Wednesday...
The last time Sen. Chuck Grassley held an open town hall meeting, he got an earful from Iowans upset over unaddressed gun violence. The tense exchanges and Grassley's explanations drew national attention. That was two and a half months ago, on June 1. Grassley hasn't...
People want one basic thing from their elected officials, says Dr. Mary Kathleen Figaro: Someone who cares. Well, that and someone who shares their values. Figaro, who announced she would run for an open Iowa Senate seat in January, is an epidemiologist used to caring...
Seven anonymous Iowa parents are suing the Linn-Mar Community School District over a policy that aims to protect transgender and nonbinary students from discrimination. The district allows students to create Gender Support Plans and use their preferred name and...
A boil order was issued for most of Warren County on Monday because of a ruptured water line. Affected cities include Milo, Martinsdale, New Virginia, Truro, and Saint Mary’s, according to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources press release. The city of Indianola is...
Three people were killed in an early-morning shooting at Maquoketa Caves State Park's campground, and the alleged gunman later took his own life a short distance away, officials said Friday morning. Mike Krapfl, special agent in charge of major crimes with the Iowa...
Another strike could be looming—this time at a tire plant in Des Moines. United Steelworkers Local 310 (USW 310) said contract negotiations with Bridgestone have effectively stalled, and are now shoring up support among elected officials and community leaders to push...
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s Secret Service detail was “screaming” as they tried to get the vice president out of the Capitol safely on Jan. 6, 2021 and so feared for their own lives that they radioed goodbyes to their family members. This revelation came from a...
Since the overturn of Roe v Wade, Americans have spent the summer worried about other civil rights that could be reversed by the US Supreme Court. House Democrats responded Monday with their Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify same-sex and interracial...
Residents of a small Iowa town criticized their library's LGBTQ staff and their displaying of LGBTQ-related books until most of the staff quit. Now, the town's library is closed for the foreseeable future. After having the same library director for 32 years, the...
Cheap food is a lifeline for college students and food writers. So it makes sense that Warren County—home of Simpson College in Indianola—offers plenty of affordable dining experiences! Don’t believe me? Then let me tell you how to get three meals for less than $30*...
A public school board member told a Republican audience that he no longer trusts public schools as he successfully sought their vote to be the party's nominee for an Iowa House seat. Dan Gehlbach emerged as the winner from a special nominating convention on Monday...
“Bullshit.” “Idiotic.” “Bogus.” “Incorrect.” “Completely nuts.” “Absolutely rubbish.” “Detached from reality.” These are just some of the words that nearly a dozen former Trump campaign officials, White House lawyers, US Department of Justice leaders, Republican...
A package of stricter gun control bills aimed at preventing mass shootings such as what happened at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, passed the US House of Representatives on a mostly party-line vote on Wednesday. Cindy Axne, Iowa's lone Democratic representative,...
As expected, Chuck Grassley successfully fended off a Republican primary challenge from state Sen. Jim Carlin of Sioux City on Tuesday to secure his name on the ballot for Iowa’s US Senate Election in November. Grassley, 88, will be seeking his eighth term in the US...
Less than six weeks into her pregnancy, Hope’s doctor at Planned Parenthood couldn’t find a heartbeat during an ultrasound. The next steps for the Quad Cities resident, who requested we only use her middle name in telling her personal story, were easy. “At that point,...
A number of education reform bills desired by Gov. Kim Reynolds and other Iowa Republican officials wound up lumped together in Senate File 2369, which covered curriculum review, the parental bill of rights, vouchers, and more. The bill passed through the Iowa Senate...
Three candidates, former Rep. Abby Finkenauer, former Admiral Mike Franken and Dr. Glenn Hurst, are running for the Democratic nomination for US Senate to unseat Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. All three announced their candidacies last year, and all have spoken...
Emily Bruns had never met Abby Finkenauer before, but she had followed the US Senate candidate’s career closely. “I have been a fan since she was in the Iowa House and then followed her in [Congress],” said Bruns, a social studies teacher at Mason City High School....
It's less than a week after a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that killed 10 Black grocery store shoppers and employees. It's one day after 4-year-old Savannah Holmes of Ankeny found her father's gun on the couch and accidentally shot and killed herself....
