Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy sat down with Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley on Oct. 8, 2025 for the first of a series of 1:1 interviews with political leaders in Iowa.
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Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy sat down with Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley on Oct. 8, 2025 for the first of a series of 1:1 interviews with political leaders in Iowa.
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At a rally of Iowa GOP women in Iowa City, U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks lauded the release of Israeli hostages under a Trump-brokered ceasefire and denounced Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown.
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This week on the podcast, we’ll discuss the Des Moines Superintendent situation, the federal government shutdown, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks talking town halls.
This week, we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to listen in on the "Medicaid and Hospitals" session from the 2025 Iowa Ideas conference hosted by The Gazette.
Plus, the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary field is growing.
An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday at Bread Garden Market in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, by three plainclothes men who — in a bystander video of the incident — identified themselves only as “federal agents.”
The University of Iowa Health Care surgeon spelled out two paths for Dubuque Wahlert’s Eve Skrocki. Wait and see whether it heels on its own in six to eight weeks – delaying surgery if it doesn’t. Or jump straight to surgery now and accept a six- to nine-month recovery.
A $7 million school bond referendum that would fund a new secure entrance to the elementary school and classroom renovations and repairs is headed to voters in the Central City Community School District Nov. 4.
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Rob Sand blasted Gov. Kim Reynolds’ efficiency task force as partisan, vowed to veto changes to Iowa’s public pension system, and pushed for more oversight of private school vouchers at a Cedar Rapids town hall.
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Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson officially kicked off her U.S. Senate campaign in Cedar Rapids, pledging to be Trump’s “top ally” and targeting Democrats as “radical.”
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