The big lie is alive and well. Just two months after the big lie about a flawed, fraudulent and stolen …
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The big lie is alive and well. Just two months after the big lie about a flawed, fraudulent and stolen …
Iowa Republicans have a bill to outlaw ‘defund police.” But Iowa Democrats say other Republican-sponsored legislation would all but require …
Iowa lawmakers last week held a historic hearing on a bill to decriminalize ‘magic mushrooms.” It was the first such …
There’s been talk under the Golden Dome of Wisdom that Iowa should update its welcome signs greeting travelers at the …
Some Iowa leaders are looking for a new slogan to welcome travelers to our state. Dozens of welcome signs on …
Supporters of making Iowa the latest state to enact a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, insist it’s really nothing …
DES MOINES – The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley may do something that a controversial elections bill …
Gov. Kim Reynolds says we have a model elections system in Iowa, but some people believe nonsense, so changes might …
Running scared from a tall guy with a tricorn hat, Iowa Republicans are moving to limit competition on the ballot. …
The Iowa GOP is the party of big local government. Law enforcement sucks up a huge portion of local government …
Only three groups lobbied to pass the lousy elections bill that just tore like a bullet train through the Iowa …
That pesky U.S. Constitution is getting in the way of Iowa lawmakers and their drug-busting fantasies. The Iowa Senate last …
At Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s confirmation hearing this month, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst had a singular concern – electric vehicles. …
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