By Craig Robinson The 40th President of the United States has weighed in on a ballot initiative in Linn County that if approved would allow for a casino to be built in the state’s second largest county. A recent mail piece asked voters how they would rather pay for flood protection. Option “A” was through [...]
Senator Chuck Grassley today joined Senator Mark Udall of Colorado , Rep. Steve King of Iowa, Rep. Jerry McNerney of California, and 40 veterans – many of whom have found post-military careers in the wind-energy industry – for a news conference to urge that an extension of the production tax credit for wind energy be [...]
John Landon garnered just 366 votes in the June 5th primary, which was good enough to finish a distant third place in a crowded six person primary. Landon received 257 fewer votes than the second place finisher Matt DeVries got, and 348 votes less than the 714 votes the top vote getter, Jim Robidoux got [...]
More than 100 people gathered on the west terrace at the Iowa State Capitol Friday for a noon-time rally to protest the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mandate requiring almost all employer health care plans to include free contraceptives, sterilization and abortifacients. The rally was one of more than 164 such events [...]