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NFIB Endorses Nunn for Congress
Congressional Candidate, Former State Senator, and combat veteran Zach Nunn announced this week the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) endorsed his campaign for Congress. The NFIB is currently the nation’s most prominent small business organization. Their endorsement comes right after a small business roundtable hosted by Zach Nunn, where pressing issues such as inflation and...
My Work for Iowa is Just Getting Started
I’m Ashley Hinson. I was born and raised in Iowa, and now my husband Matt and I are raising our two boys, Max (11) and Jax (9), in Marion. Before running for office, I was an on-air reporter at KCRG-TV 9 in Cedar Rapids, where I covered our highs and lows — from the...
100 Days Out, GOP Launches Ground Game Blitz
The GOP launched a blitz of door-knocking and phone-banking events over the weekend as Sunday marked the 100-day mark from the 2022 midterm elections. Overall, volunteers and staffers with the Republican National Committee have made 40 million voter contacts – voters...
Biden’s tax and spend agenda has us climbing closer to the fiscal cliff
Despite what the White House says, our economy is in a recession, and inflation is the highest it’s been in over 40 years. Washington Democrats keep telling us not to worry and that the problem is only temporary, yet every month the mountain Americans have to climb to...
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U.S. Officially Enters Recession Under Biden
These figures represent a marked turnaround from the economic resurgence that Biden inherited when he first assumed office. America’s GDP grew by 33.8 percent and 4.5 percent in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, when President Donald Trump was still in office; that growth continued into the first year of the Biden presidency until dropping off in the first half of 2022.
American Action Network Drops New Ad Hitting Axne
Wednesday, the American Action Network (AAN)– a conservative-leaning issue advocacy organization, announced a 2 million dollar TV and digital advertising buy across five congressional districts. The ads call on Congress to halt plans for new inflation fueling...
New Research Shows Bidenflation is Disproportionately Hitting Rural America
“Rural Iowans know who’s to blame: Joe Biden and his reckless policies,” the RNC spokesman continued. “No wonder he has just a 27 percent approval rating in Iowa.”
Sonya Heitshusen asks court to ban press from her preliminary hearing
But it’s also not surprising. In addition to running for Iowa House, Heitshusen currently serves as Auditor Rob Sand’s Public Information Officer. In that role, she refused to answer this reporter’s questions because I don’t have a journalism degree. And under her watch, Sand’s office has refused to turn over emails with blogger Laura Belin, saying that Belin was somehow involved in an audit.
Calling On Senator Grassley To Support Adoption Legislation: An Iowan Korean-American Perspective
Yook Sook Kim was one of the many adoptees that were flown from Korea during the early 80’s where it was common for families to adopt children that came from all over the country of Korea. Through that opportunity given to her at such a young age, Yook Sook was able...
Bruce Braley Redux: Franken Calls Iowa Farmers “Stooges”
During a Sunday event, Democrat senate candidate Mike Franken called Iowa farmers “stooges” while discussing the current status of the agricultural industry. Farmers are “rather stooges for a process they have no control over,” Franken said. Although farmers in Iowa...
Whitver Outraises Entire Senate Democrat Caucus, Again
The latest legislative fundraising reports came out this week, displaying yet again the support Iowans are showing for conservative policies in the Capitol. The most explicit display of this approval was the fundraising success of Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver....
Nikki Haley Endorses Brenna Bird For Iowa Attorney General
Former two-term, conservative South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is endorsing Brenna Bird for Iowa Attorney General. Haley who also served as former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Bird, “is the only candidate who will back the blue, crack down on crime,...
Franken Touts Minor Decrease in Gas Prices
Democrat Senate candidate Mike Franken took to Twitter Sunday to tout “thirty-one days of consecutive price reductions” for gasoline. Price of regular gasoline in Des Moines this morning is $3.95/gal. Thirty-one days of consecutive price reductions. It's also a sunny...
