So they’re leaving us, Iowans, the candidates, their staffers and, saddest of all, the traveling media. Soon jets filled with …
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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 …
Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …
When Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones was a state representative, she led women on tours of the Capitol. She wanted women to …
Iowans stuck in the Obamacare gap — too rich to receive insurance subsidies, but too poor to comfortably afford a …
When Republicans’ legal arguments don’t prevail in Iowa courts, they don’t reconsider their misguided legislative proposals. They seek instead to …
The night of Nov. 8, 2016, I was at an election party, wearing a suit, drinking and watching the results …
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