by Ty Rushing | 11 21, 2023 | IA Gov, Iowa Caucus, POLITICS, TRUMP
Former President Donald Trump released a one-minute video blasting Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday, saying she “has gone from a popular governor to the most unpopular governor in the entire United States of America.” A recent poll from Morning Consult...
by Ty Rushing | 11 21, 2023 | CRIME and SAFETY POLITICS, ELECTION POLITICS, POLITICS, VOTING
A Sioux City Republican activist was found guilty of 52 charges of voter fraud by a 12-person federal jury on Tuesday. According to federal court documents, Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City concocted various election schemes in 2020 to get her husband, Jeremy...
by Ty Rushing | 11 20, 2023 | POLITICS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
More states are enshrining access to abortion care in their state constitutions, and some Iowans are wondering if the same can be done here? The technical answer is “yes,” but the more realistic and simple answer is “no.” While polling shows that 61% of Iowans support...
by Nikoel Hytrek | 11 17, 2023 | POLITICS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
The Iowa Board of Medicine met Friday to discuss standard rules for abortion in Iowa under the six-week abortion ban passed by Iowa Republicans in a July special session. No rules were adopted at this meeting. On its face, the ban would require physicians to perform...
by Ty Rushing | 11 16, 2023 | ELECTION POLITICS, POLITICS
Staff members for the nonpartisan Iowa board that oversees the integrity of political campaigns received numerous threats related to the city and school elections that took place earlier this month. During Thursday’s Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board meeting,...
by Ty Rushing | 11 16, 2023 | ELECTION POLITICS, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, IA-04, POLITICS
Iowa’s 2024 congressional races are starting to take shape as all four Republican officeholders have at least one Democratic challenger and, in one instance, a primary challenger. So who’s running for what office and where? Here’s a simple overview of Iowa’s four...
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...
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