by Ty Rushing | 12 04, 2023 | IA Gov, Iowa Caucus, POLITICS, TRUMP
Former President Donald Trump and his campaign continue to troll Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds over her support of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis is one of Trump’s opponents in the Republican presidential primary. Trump’s campaign released a minute-long ad on...
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 14, 2023 | POLITICS, TRUMP
Using rhetoric that echoes Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, former president Donald Trump is preparing for a possible second term by plotting to separate millions of families from each other, in what would be the single greatest crackdown on civil rights in decades....
by Keya Vakil | 10 25, 2023 | NATIONAL POLITICS, POLITICS
House Republicans on Wednesday finally chose their new leader, electing Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as the new Speaker of the House. The election of Johnson, an evangelical conservative and former attorney, culminates a month-long saga that saw Republicans...
by Keya Vakil | 10 19, 2023 | NATIONAL POLITICS, POLITICS
Congress is in gridlock as Republicans are now in their third week of being unable to elect a new House Speaker after a far-right group of conservatives forced a vote to oust former leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California). What’s happening with efforts to find a new...
by Ty Rushing | 09 28, 2023 | EDUCATION POLITICS, POLITICS
The students and staff of the Linn-Mar School District are once again being used as a political punching bag by Republicans thanks to a local issue elevated to the national stage by Rep. Ashley Hinson. Hinson, whose two sons attend school in the district, has actively...