by Luke Martz | Jun 10, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Inflation and rising costs may be consuming the news headlines, but it has fallen to the bottom of Democratic Iowa Senate candidate Mike Franken’s priority list on the campaign trail. According to new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of...
by Luke Martz | Jun 10, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Retired Navy Admiral Mike Franken clinched a decisive victory in this week’s Democrat senate primary over former Rep. Abby Finkenauer. Franken won over 55 percent of the vote, with Finkenauer winning 40 percent and physician Glenn Hurst winning just under five...
by Luke Martz | Jun 9, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
State Sen. Zach Nunn’s decisive win in Iowa’s third congressional district’s Republican primary earlier this week has energized efforts by Republican activists and officials to flip the seat in November. Nunn swept the primary with nearly two-thirds of the vote....
by Senator Joni Ernst | Jun 8, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
As Iowans know, unearthing egregious waste in our federal government, and making ‘em squeal, is something that’s a priority for me. And in Washington, D.C., there’s no shortage of politicians and bureaucrats wasting our precious tax dollars on crony and ridiculous...
by Caleb Lillquist | Jun 3, 2022 | Congress
After the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that took the lives of innocents, Senator Chuck Grassley has redoubled his efforts to pass his EAGLES Act, a bill named after the school mascot in Parkland, Florida. The bill would enable Secret Service to share its...
by Luke Martz | Jun 1, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
A recent Drag Show involving high school students in Ankeny High school has raised parent concerns over its appropriateness. The Ankeny Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) hosted a drag event as an end-of-the-year event, where performers from the Des Moines metro used the...
