Governor Terry Branstad's line-item veto earlier this year of a provision that would have eliminated Iowa's Leopold Center was little comfort to conservation advocates considering Republicans...
School has been back in session across Iowa for college and high school students for a few weeks now. While Donald Trump is certainly a constant topic of discussion, important Iowa campaigns are...
Frequent Iowa traveler Martin O'Malley lent Nate Boulton a hand this week in his gubernatorial bid, endorsing the senator on Tuesday and holding a fundraiser for him in Des Moines on Friday...
To Cedar Rapid's George Ramsey III, running for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District is an extension of the service to country he pursued in his recently-ended military career. Ramsey spent 31 years...
Constituents in Iowa’s 1st District couldn’t get an in-person meeting scheduled with their two-term Republican Congressman Rod Blum this summer despite repeated attempts for months. So they set...
State Representative Todd Prichard withdrew from the Democratic primary for Iowa Governor today, his campaign announced. Prichard was one of the first candidates to form an exploratory committee...
Spencer businesswoman Leann Jacobsen has officially entered the Democratic primary for Iowa's 4th District in the hopes of going toe-to-toe with Congressman Steve King next November. She had been...
For a brief moment this year, everything looked like it was falling perfectly into place for Kim Reynolds. Terry Branstad, her mentor, had ridden off into the sunset to a legacy-securing...
A guest post from Cindy Garlock, a 1st District resident, who has been trying to set up a meeting with Congressman Rod Blum. The November election left many of us in shock. In response to the...
We're nearing the end of the announcement phase for most key races in Iowa for 2018. At this point most of the announced or exploring or "considering it" candidates are known, so I thought it'd...
