On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Chuck Grassley and Mike Franken debate, Newt Gingrich comes to Iowa with a Republican road map, and George W. Bush is in Iowa — but not for prying, media eyes.
Cedar Rapids’ City Planning Commission this week advanced Linn County’s request to rezone a property the county is preparing to open as a new overflow shelter for homeless individuals.
On the heels of a state report on lives lost to domestic violence in 2022, victim advocates say a measure on the ballot Nov. 8 will make it harder to enact gun laws in Iowa to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.
Republican Kerry Gruenhagen faces childcare advocate Deb VanderGaast in rural southeast Iowa.
Members of the state ethics board unanimously adopted an advisory opinion requiring “paid for” attribution on some political text messages.
It was the first and only scheduled debate between Grassley and Democratic challenger former Navy Admiral Mike Franken, as each tried to persuade voters they would be the better representative for Iowans in Washington.
Also, a new Chuck Grassley ad and national Republicans come to Iowa
The ad levies myriad criticisms at Gov. Kim Reynolds, who also released a new ad, her third of the campaign
The whistleblower told the office of Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that the Justice Department launched the review of the FBI’s disciplinary database in 2020 following an Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving at least six senior FBI officials.
The League of Women Voters of Linn County will host candidate forums Saturday, Oct. 8, ahead of the Nov. 8 general election.
Democrat Liz Bennett and Republican Bernie Hayes speak to different priorities
Also, a national forecaster sees Iowa’s 1st District race tightening
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