Endings in politics rarely are happy endings. Long-serving politicians overstay their welcome and voters kick them to the curb. Majorities …
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Endings in politics rarely are happy endings. Long-serving politicians overstay their welcome and voters kick them to the curb. Majorities …
The Iowa caucuses are not quite over. Now that Iowa Republicans and Democrats have sounded off, another presidential nomination contest …
In the end, we did this to ourselves. We played ourselves. The chaos and pandemonium out of the caucuses are …
In Marion’s precinct 5, caucus night got messy. ‘Well, I was rooting for you, Iowa caucuses,” said my, daughter, Tess, …
Leading up to the 2020 Iowa caucuses, I repeatedly praised Iowa GOP officials for their decision to host preference polls …
So they’re leaving us, Iowans, the candidates, their staffers and, saddest of all, the traveling media. Soon jets filled with …
On Jan. 24, 2020, at a Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa City, America feels like it’s rushing toward something no …
As the presidential nominating season finally begins, it’s a good time to remember the failed candidates who ditched Iowa before …
Gov. Kim Reynolds is the best of the worst among American governors on marijuana reform. Iowa’s Republican leader barely earned …
Statehouse politicians are taking aim at political bias. In other news, mosquitoes are opposed to itch and irritation. State Sen. …
The bipartisan crusade to discard evidence and conflate smoking with vaping is on track to be codified in Iowa law. …
Krista Sigel wants to caucus, but with a baby who is almost a year old, she doesn’t know how to …
Is it a death grip or a limp handshake? President Donald Trump’s grasp on the Republican Party grassroots will get …
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