Senate GOP Passes Tech Censorship Bill, Reject Effort To Ban Insurrection Speak
“I know you’re watching.” That’s how Iowa Republican Sen. Jake Chapman addressed Silicon Valley tech executives, his gaze deadpan to the center of t... Read more.
Iowa House GOP: Teaching About Systemic Racism Is Marxist
Iowa House Republicans on Tuesday likened concepts like implicit bias and systemic racism to an updated version of Marxism, or class warfare, saying the teachin... Read more.
Iowa Preschool Director Shares Challenges Of Teaching During COVID
A flustered, Des Moines-based Grace Preschool Director Kelly Donnelly said she just got all her young students down for a nap before she began pleading... Read more.
Derecho-Hit Tree Managers Angered By GOP Bill Raising Taxes
After last summer’s derecho storm brought wind gusts over 100 mph, devastating much of central and eastern Iowa’s crops, infrastructure and foliage, GOP law... Read more.
Dems Target Ernst, Grassley COVID Relief Opposition With New Billboard
The Democratic National Committee is taking aim at Iowa’s Senate Republicans on Monday, unveiling a new Des Moines billboard highlighting Joni Ernst and Chuck... Read more.
Miller-Meeks Heading To The U.S.-Mexico Border
Amid an ongoing examination of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meek’s six-vote victory over Democrat Rita Hart, the 2nd District representative is expected to join Ho... Read more.
Here’s What Iowans Can Get Out Of Biden’s COVID Relief Law
In the new $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed on Thursday by President Joe Biden are far-reaching, rapid-impact economic benefits for Iowans. The bil... Read more.
Iowa Dems: Getting Vaccine Shouldn’t Be Like “Hunger Games”
Iowa Democratic leaders on Thursday criticized a “leadership vacuum” in the Republican-run state as desperate residents search for COVID-19 vaccinations and... Read more.
Local Teachers Union Reminds Hinson They Are Back In School
The Iowa State Education Association on Thursday called out Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson for making a political statement far from the realities of her distric... Read more.
Thousands Of Iowans Rejected COVID Contact Tracers’ Calls, KCRG Finds
About 30% of COVID-19 positive Iowans rejected state attempts to contact trace during a virus surge last fall, new data shows. KCRG-obtained findings through a... Read more.