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Biden’s baby formula shortage a matter of life and death
Here’s a headline I would never have thought I’d read in America in 2022: “Iowa families scour stores for baby formula.” But that’s the grim reality today under President Biden.
Miller’s New Campaign Manager Hates Cops, White Privilege, Tweets Reveal
Tom Miller's campaign manager, Jacob Hamblin, has a record of misogynistic and racially charged anti-law enforcement tweets. Tom Miller didn't tell anyone he hired a new campaign manager, but in the Des Moines Register, a Jacob Hamlin was quoted announcing that...
Feenstra Endeavors To Curb Iowa’s Infant Formula Shortage
With a crisis level of infant formula shortage in the United States, particularly in the state of Iowa, U.S Reps Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) have introduced legislation to help battle the dire conundrum. The Formula Act moves to direct the Food...
Miller Meeks Joins Legislation To Prevent Still Births
Representative Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-O2) has signed on as a co-sponsor for H.R. 7011, The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act. This bipartisan bill was first introduced by Reps. Ashley Hinson (IA-02) and Alma Adams (NC-12), will allow for existing...
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Interview: Republican AG’s Group Sees Brenna Bird as Top Tier Candidate
In a recent interview with Peter Bisbee, executive director of the Republican Attorney General Association, candidate Brenna Bird and her attorney general campaign are named the “biggest opportunity” for Republicans. Having worked alongside Bird in the past, Bisbee...
Democratic Senate Candidates Struggle to Differentiate Themselves in Debate
A Month away from June Primaries, Democratic Senate Candidates Glenn Hurst, Former Congresswoman Abby Finkenaur, and Micheal Franken attempted to differentiate themselves before voters go to the polls. Some of the questions posed by KCCI journalists throughout the...
Grassley’s Part in the Creation of National Fentanyl Awareness Day
Senators such as Senator Chuck Grassley are seeking to spread more awareness of the public health crisis of the drug Fentanyl. Lawmakers are pushing this to establish May 10th as a national awareness day for the deadly drug. Grassley has led a group of senators to...
Senator Grassley Reaches Across Party Lines to Help Draft Resolution For Sexual Assault Victims
This week, The United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution presented by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif). The resolution comes in support of National Sexual Assault Awareness and...
Kinney Pushes Disinformation
Democrat State Senator Kevin Kinney falsely claimed to be the only full-time farmer in the Iowa Senate. It's a breathtakingly false claim, divorced completely from reality. More egregiously, it is a claim he fully knows is not true. Kinney has been in the Senate for 8...
Pate Reminds Iowans of ID Law Date
Iowa Secretary Of State Paul Pate announced on Twitter this afternoon the recognization of Iowa’s 2018 law requiring ID at voter polls. Pate Reminded voters that despite various pushback, voter turnout for Iowa increased. Five years ago today, we instituted #VoterID...
GOP Debate Puts Candidates Front and Center Against Axne
Republican House candidates for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District Gary Leffler, Nicole Hasso, and Zach Nunn duked it out on stage in a debate hosted by Des Moines’s WHO 13. Journalist Dave Price moderated the event in its entirety. Topics starting the night off began...
Activists Protest in DSM streets after Roe V. Wade Controversy
Des Moines Black Liberation activists blocked downtown streets in an effort to protest the latest murmurings of overturning Roe V. Wade from the U.S. Supreme Court. Protestors chanted a multitude of chants, one such as “fuck the church, fuck the state, we decide our...
Franken and Miller Silent on Finkenauer’s Outburst
Ex-Rep. Abby Finkenauer’s callous and widely condemned remarks about Polk County District Judge Scott Beattie reflect her disdain for the separation of powers in our system of government. Even two of her fellow Democrats — Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand and Rep. Cindy Axne — joined the chorus of liberal pundits, editors and respected legal minds who called on her to walk back her comments.
