Beth Dalbey at The Iowa Independent has a very good post on the awkward post-primary dance between winner Terry Branstad and runner-up …
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Beth Dalbey at The Iowa Independent has a very good post on the awkward post-primary dance between winner Terry Branstad and runner-up …
LOSERS Culture Warriors – The Iowa Family Policy Center bet all its chips on runner-up Bob Vander Plaats and overplayed …
Let me get this straight: Labor and immigration laws were routinely, you might say systematically, violated at the Agriprocessors meat …
Here comes the lug. It’s so on. Gov. Chet Culver will hit the road Wednesday to tout a state-funded preschool …
Our timing could have been better. The epic flood hit two years ago just before the global economy sank, and …
It won’t be long now until we know exactly who will be chasing Chet for the next five months. But …
Mayor Ron Corbett says buying the Crowne Plaza is simply part of our kitchen remodeling project. I agree. Our contractor …
I happened past a demolition crew on Normandy Drive last week as they were scraping up and hauling away …
Two findings from a poll conducted by Research 2000 for Des Moines TV station KCCI: The survey found that 53 …
BuzzFeed has a list of Billboard’s No.1 song from each summer 1940-2009. With time-eating links to YouTube renditions of each. …
Sarah Palin and Terry Branstad are now friends on Facebook. And she totally wants him to be the next governor …
Eight-hundred-plus Iowa pastors signed a petition this week in support of “real marriage.” As someone whose marriage has, at times, …
So we’ve got this lone GOP gubernatorial primary poll showing Terry Branstad with a 46-31 lead over Bob Vander Plaats. Rod Roberts …
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