Like Father, Like Son: Nate Boulton’s Campaign Is A Union Family Affair
When State Senator Nate Boulton received the endorsement of Steelworkers Local 310 at their union hall earlier this year, he was in a familiar place.... Read more.
In Tough Days With Patients, Andy McGuire Saw Real Cost Of Insurance Crisis
It wasn’t long into Dr. Andy McGuire’s medical career when she came face-to-face with the impossible choices parents face in a country with a broken... Read more.
Will Auditor Mary Mosiman Do Her Job On Funny Budget Numbers?
Something doesn’t add up with Governor Kim Reynolds’ budget numbers. After an entire year of state revenue coming in under predictions time and agai... Read more.
Kim Reynolds Signals Willingness To Push Ugly Racial Issues In 2018
Beset by nonstop stories about Iowa’s worsening budget crisis, Governor Kim Reynolds has been looking for a way to change the discussion in local politica... Read more.
Can An Old Economic Justice Fighter Win Over The New Progressives?
Just about everyone who’s been involved in Iowa politics for more than a decade knows who John Norris is. But if you are a younger... Read more.
Outside Des Moines Bubble, Governor Race Opinions Still Mostly Unformed
Around the Des Moines metro, over tallboys at Carl’s and coffee mugs at Scenic Route, in the hallways of East Village consulting firms and in... Read more.
Abby Finkenauer Nabs Important Laborers Endorsement
State Representative Abby Finkenauer added another key group to her list of supporters in Democrats’ 1st District primary this week. The Great Plains Labo... Read more.
Snubbing Pat Grassley Would Be Dumb Politics
Governor Kim Reynolds has a decision to make: who to appoint as outgoing Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey’s replacement. Northey, after a very long w... Read more.
Here Comes Another Special Election (For Bill Anderson’s Seat)
Republican State Senator Bill Anderson announced today he will be resigning from the Legislature to take a job as the executive director for the Cherokee Area... Read more.
Austin Frerick Proposes Farm Bill Plan To Save Leopold Center
Governor Terry Branstad’s line-item veto earlier this year of a provision that would have eliminated Iowa’s Leopold Center was little comfort to con... Read more.