by Isabel Soisson | 12 04, 2023 | INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration proposed a new rule last week that would require water utilities in Iowa and across the country to replace all of their lead pipes for the first time in American history in an effort to protect communities from the dangerous toxin. The...
by Isabel Soisson | 11 15, 2023 | INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICS, POLITICS
Wednesday marks the second anniversary of the signing of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law, a key piece of the president’s economic agenda and the most significant investment in America’s infrastructure in generations. Since its signing, $400 billion has been...
by Isabel Soisson | 11 13, 2023 | ELECTION POLITICS, POLITICS
Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates lost big in their respective elections last week, representing a serious rebuke of the far-right organization focused on book banning, educational censorship, and attacks on public education. The group—which the...
by Isabel Soisson | 11 09, 2023 | POLITICS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated another round of election results showing that American voters, including those in red states, broadly support reproductive rights and want abortion to remain legal. Biden touted the results in Ohio, where voters approved a...
by Isabel Soisson | 11 07, 2023 | POLITICS, RURAL POLITICS
The Biden administration last week announced over $5 billion in new investments in rural communities across the country, as part of its effort to increase prosperity in all corners of the country. Speaking at an event in Minnesota last week where the funding was...
by Isabel Soisson | 11 03, 2023 | LOCAL ECONOMY POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration announced last week that it’s launching a multi-agency effort to ensure access to affordable housing, introducing a slew of resources to help convert high-vacancy commercial buildings to residential use. The White House says these efforts are...
by Isabel Soisson | 10 31, 2023 | NATIONAL POLITICS, POLITICS
Every Iowa Republican in the US House of Representatives last week voted to elect Mike Johnson as the new Speaker of the House, elevating an extreme, anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ candidate to the most powerful position in Congress. Reps. Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson,...