Articles Tagged: DOGE

Governors have always made political hay out of slashing waste or taming bureaucracy, but DOGE has, in some ways, raised the stakes for them to show that they are zealously committed to cutting costs. Many drive home the point that they have always been focused on cutting government, even if they're not conducting mass layoffs.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson was met with a mix of boos and applause from the approximately 100 people in the audience at her town hall meeting in Elkader Wednesday morning.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, of Marion, will hold back-to-back in-person town halls Wednesday in Elkader and Decorah.

Over 5,600 callers tuned into an hourlong tele-town hall held Monday evening, Hinson said.

Sage is the first Democratic challenger to formally launch a campaign to run for the seat now held by Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst in what is expected to be a competitive Democratic primary.

The impacts of the Trump administration’s DOGE-driven cuts at federal institutions that support arts and humanities are trickling down to museums across Iowa. The grant cancellations could impact direct funding for specific programs alongside indirect funding for things like research on making museums more accessible or on traveling exhibits.

Asked about why Congress is not reining in President Donald Trump, the Marion representative said, “I think we would probably have a fundamental disagreement in this room about that, because when I look at what Congress is doing, we are working on executing exactly what we campaigned on doing and what the President campaigned on doing.”

Volunteers who respond to disasters and aid nonprofits through the federal AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps were informed Tuesday they have been let go from service, effective immediately. One of the corps’ regional campuses, located in Vinton, was closed Tuesday.

Nathan Sage, executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, is the first Democratic challenger to formally launch a campaign to run for the seat in what is expected to be a competitive Democratic primary.

The public task force is charged with making government efficiency recommendations to Gov. Kim Reynolds and state lawmakers later this year.

Iowans raised concerns over record-high egg prices, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports and cuts to the Social Security Administration during a telephone town hall Wednesday evening hosted by Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson.

A couple hundred people gathered Saturday on the downtown Pedestrian Mall to protest terminations of federal workers who serve Iowa veterans, seniors and farmers, and called on the district’s congresswoman, Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, to stand up for them.

Iowans’ anger over funding cuts and mass firings of federal employees led by billionaire Elon Musk as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the federal government boiled over during a raucous town hall Friday hosted by Republican Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, of Marion, said she fully intends to continue hosting public town halls across northeast Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. She said her office is working on scheduling them, and will announce them in her newsletter.

More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest the terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remaining staff are overwhelmed, and farmers may not receive needed and timely help.