by Luke Martz | Sep 10, 2026 | Campaigns, Governor, Opinion
Rob Sand wants Iowans to hire him as the outsider who’s too pure for the two-party system. Funny thing about that pitch — it only works if you don’t check his LinkedIn. His priorities page opens with “a small group of powerful insiders in Des...
by Luke Martz | Sep 9, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
He swears he’s clean of corporate PAC cash. Then he cashes checks from Democratic leadership PACs that take Pfizer and UnitedHealth money. Josh Turek has a favorite applause line. He said it to The Young Turks. He posted it on Facebook: “I’m not taking any corporate...
by Luke Martz | Sep 3, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Josh Turek wants Iowans to believe he is ready to work with President Donald Trump to secure the southern border. That is the message of “I-35,” the Council Bluffs Democrat’s new television ad. Looking directly into the camera, Turek promises to “work with anyone to...
by Chuck Grassley | Sep 1, 2026 | Congress, Opinion, Policy
Q: What is the Workforce Pell Grant? A: It’s back to school season for families, students and teachers across the state. As students return to the classroom, schedules are filling up with homework and extracurricular activities and parents are off to the races...
by Luke Martz | Aug 12, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Iowa’s Second District doesn’t just grow corn and beans — it raises hogs. A third of the nation’s hog inventory, to be exact, and IA-02 alone ranks third in the country for hog and pig sales, backing a $10.9 billion industry that moves more than 47...
by Luke Martz | Aug 4, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Media, Opinion
There’s a version of this story where a guy who ran for office under a name that wasn’t his gets bounced by a state panel, loses in court, and that’s the end of it. That’s not the version Iowa gets. Instead, the Libertarian Party of Iowa is...
