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House District 16 candidate Jen Pellant is vying to serve her home city of Council Bluffs because she thinks the Iowa Legislature “needs more working Iowans representing working Iowans.” Hailing from a family of educators, the Democrat has spent the majority of her...
Rita Hart, the Democratic nominee in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, is pushing back against her opponent's first ad of the general election cycle, refuting the claim she supports legislation to "shut down family farms in Iowa." Mariannette Miller-Meeks' campaign...
Guest op-ed from Jim Chrisinger, a retired public servant from Ankeny We focus so much on political campaigns that we lose sight of their purpose: the opportunity to govern. Governance often plays like an afterthought and most of us don’t see that much of a difference...
Guest op-ed from Jim Chrisinger, a retired public servant from Ankeny We focus so much on political campaigns that we lose sight of their purpose: the opportunity to govern. Governance often plays like an afterthought and most of us don’t see that much of a difference...
From the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst largely has taken her cues on how to respond to the pandemic from the Trump Administration, even when the facts on the ground did not back up Republican talking points. Ernst, rarely one to...
If you meet Salvador "Chava" Aguirre, 48, you will instantly like him. He has that easy-going personality and once you get to know him better, you want to become his friend. Knowing Chava for many years, I would say that his heart is as big as his height, 6 feet 7...
If you meet Salvador "Chava" Aguirre, 48, you will instantly like him. He has that easy-going personality and once you get to know him better, you want to become his friend. Knowing Chava for many years, I would say that his heart is as big as his height, 6 feet 7...
Hy-Vee last week resisted calls for face-covering requirements, instead implementing today an educational campaign that includes distributing 3 million free masks to customers. Top labor union officials and Iowa activists are continuing to call for stricter policies....
Schools districts struggle in making consequential decisions about returning to learn this fall amid the pandemic. Education is the cornerstone of the state’s future and the economy, yet there is another issue brewing for the Des Moines school district that is causing...
Schools districts struggle in making consequential decisions about returning to learn this fall amid the pandemic. Education is the cornerstone of the state’s future and the economy, yet there is another issue brewing for the Des Moines school district that is causing...
Schools districts struggle in making consequential decisions about returning to learn this fall amid the pandemic. Education is the cornerstone of the state’s future and the economy, yet there is another issue brewing for the Des Moines school district that is causing...
Two women in Iowa are jockeying to position themselves as the Senate candidate with the best small-town credentials in order to win a state where the rural vote looms large. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, whose infamous hog castrating ad in 2014 introduced her image as...
Amid so much happening around us in Iowa and around the world, it is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, if any exists yet. It is at times like this, times of reflection that I find it healing to look on the brighter rays of light shed by individuals...
Amid so much happening around us in Iowa and around the world, it is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, if any exists yet. It is at times like this, times of reflection that I find it healing to look on the brighter rays of light shed by individuals...
The Iowa Department of Public Health cracked down on the circulation of zip-code specific COVID-19 positive case numbers after an Allamakee County local official began publishing biweekly reports online. That data pointed to the rural county's coronavirus outbreak...
David Young's reputation in Congress was that of a moderate Republican (even when his voting record didn't match it) willing to out-work the competition by visiting all 16 counties in Iowa's 3rd District every month. Then, in 2018, he was hit by the blue wave that...
Iowa State Senator Julian Garrett wrote in a recent opinion piece that the Black Lives Matter movement doesn't care about black lives because they don't focus on "black-on-black" crime, and offered up his suggestion of which "blacks" in society should be held up as...
At the same time Sen. Joni Ernst is promoting her tough talk against the Environmental Protection Agency and its antagonism toward the ethanol industry, campaign finance records show the Iowa senator has accepted thousands of dollars from a large oil company that is...
Des Moines residents woke up to a new ordinance this past Tuesday. The City Council passed a racial profiling ordinance that prohibits biased policing and requires city employees to report violations by officers. After years of talks and negotiations from local...
Freshman State Rep. Jeff Shipley returned to the Iowa Legislature in early June after its months-long pause due to COVID-19, making his presence known by immediately questioning on the Statehouse steps the virus' death toll while satirizing Iowans who wear masks. “It...
The decision last week to cancel the Iowa State Fair was a reminder of the seriousness of coronavirus and the consequences of many people’s anxiety about returning to activities that normally are an important part of Iowa life.But the State Fair’s decision also...
The decision last week to cancel the Iowa State Fair was a reminder of the seriousness of coronavirus and the consequences of many people’s anxiety about returning to activities that normally are an important part of Iowa life.But the State Fair’s decision also...
Voting rights advocates say they’re concerned with Republican priorities during ongoing calls for racial and health justice as election legislation that they call “voter suppression” and “poll tax” bills pass in the Statehouse. After a spirited, two hour debate in the...
One of the benefits of writing a memoir, particularly for a politician, is the ability to tell your own story and influence voters' perception of you. In "Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to the Country That Raised Me," Joni Ernst says her debut book "is much more"...
One of the benefits of writing a memoir, particularly for a politician, is the ability to tell your own story and influence voters' perception of you. In "Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to the Country That Raised Me," Joni Ernst says her debut book "is much more"...
J.D. Scholten, and most political observers, entered 2020 believing the Democrat was set for a rematch this fall with Congressman Steve King. Then, on Jan. 9 of last year, state Sen. Randy Feenstra announced his candidacy for the 4th District seat. The next day, an...
Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne over the weekend expressed support for people across the country protesting police brutality and racial inequality, going so far as to say she was sympathetic toward those who believe nonviolent demonstrations are not the only way to...
At the same time state Rep. Ashley Hinson is running to represent a congressional district heavily impacted by outbreaks of COVID-19 at meatpacking plants and long-term care facilities, in the Iowa Legislature, she supports shielding companies from potential lawsuits...
At the same time state Rep. Ashley Hinson is running to represent a congressional district heavily impacted by outbreaks of COVID-19 at meatpacking plants and long-term care facilities, in the Iowa Legislature, she supports shielding companies from potential lawsuits...
Waterloo's first-ever African American police chief had a busy first day on the job. Joel Fitzgerald was sworn in this past Monday, as protests of George Floyd’s death unfurled throughout the state and nation. Shortly after, Fitzgerald attended one of the city's...
