State Senator Nate Boulton landed his biggest endorsement yet this weekend at the AFSCME Council 61 state convention. The union that represents over 40,000 state workers voted to endorse Boulton,...
The Democratic field of candidates for the 3rd District grows ever larger today, with Eddie Mauro officially launching an exploratory committee. The baseball coach from the well known Des Moines...
Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell is already off to a fast start in the fundraising game for Iowa Democrats' gubernatorial primary. Today his campaign announced that they have already raised a...
Two weeks ago John Norris set off on a six-day, 20-stop tour around Iowa to kick off his gubernatorial run, pulling in good crowds in particular at his Des Moines-area and Red Oak events. Today...
Thomas Heckroth has a constant reminder of his small-town roots at home: his goldendoodle puppy, "Waverly," named after the Bremer County town he grew up in. Back in 2006 he knocked doors in that...
Des Moines businessman and philanthropist Fred Hubbell made it official today: he's running for governor. He had started up an exploratory committee back in late May, and has been mostly been...
Just as reliably as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, not a week goes by in Iowa politics without a new candidate running for this or that major office. Iowa Democrats have about 22...
One of the longstanding frustrations of moderate Republicans and some independents in Iowa's 4th Congressional District isn't so much the incendiary things Steve King says; it's instead what...
Despite the national outrage over Senate Republicans' healthcare bill, Senator Joni Ernst hasn't suffered much fallout in her popularity numbers in Iowa, James Lynch of the Cedar Rapids Gazette...
The drastic budget cuts to mental healthcare programs implemented by Governor Kim Reynolds and her predecessor look awfully bad on paper. But what are some of the real-life impacts that actual...
