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America’s Leadership Failures Worsened Pandemic’s Toll

America’s Leadership Failures Worsened Pandemic’s Toll

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...

America’s Leadership Failures Worsened Pandemic’s Toll

America’s Leadership Failures Worsened Pandemic’s Toll

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...

How Ernst’s COVID Messaging Has Echoed Trump’s

How Ernst’s COVID Messaging Has Echoed Trump’s

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...

A Latino Father, Teacher, Coach Prepares For School Return

A Latino Father, Teacher, Coach Prepares For School Return

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...

A Latino Father, Teacher, Coach Prepares For School Return

A Latino Father, Teacher, Coach Prepares For School Return

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...

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

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...

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

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...

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

No Easy Answers In Des Moines Schools Stadium Controversy

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...

How Doua Lor Serves Des Moines’ Asian Community

How Doua Lor Serves Des Moines’ Asian Community

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...

How Doua Lor Serves Des Moines’ Asian Community

How Doua Lor Serves Des Moines’ Asian Community

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...

IDPH Cracked Down On Local Allamakee COVID Data

IDPH Cracked Down On Local Allamakee COVID Data

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...

IA-03: David Young’s Bad Bet On Donald Trump

IA-03: David Young’s Bad Bet On Donald Trump

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...

IA-Sen: Anti-RFS Oil CEO Donated Thousands To Joni Ernst

IA-Sen: Anti-RFS Oil CEO Donated Thousands To Joni Ernst

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...

How Jeff Shipley’s Antics Are Playing Back Home

How Jeff Shipley’s Antics Are Playing Back Home

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...

State Fair Meeting Was Affront To Open Government

State Fair Meeting Was Affront To Open Government

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...

State Fair Meeting Was Affront To Open Government

State Fair Meeting Was Affront To Open Government

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...

I Read Joni Ernst’s Book So You Don’t Have To

I Read Joni Ernst’s Book So You Don’t Have To

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"...

I Read Joni Ernst’s Book So You Don’t Have To

I Read Joni Ernst’s Book So You Don’t Have To

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"...

How The George Floyd Protests Are Playing Out In Waterloo

How The George Floyd Protests Are Playing Out In Waterloo

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...

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