by Caleb Lillquist | Sep 7, 2021 | State Politics
Failed local leadership at the city level has put a damper on the morale of Waterloo police officers. This year, according to Cedar Valley Backs The Blue, Waterloo is down 10 officers and has multiple officers working 16 hours shifts in overtime. “The main reason...
by Caleb Lillquist | Aug 24, 2021 | Campaigns, State Politics
Dr. Kira Werstein announced her run for Ames Community’s School Board this week. Werstein has three children in the ACDS and is an associate teaching professor at Iowa State University. “We’ve lost our focus in public education. We need to spend less time...
by Luke Martz | Aug 15, 2021 | Party Politics, State Politics
The Republican National Committee has announced that Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann will head the organization’s Presidential Nominating Process Committee. Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced during the party’s summer meeting in Nashville. The...
by Luke Martz | Aug 3, 2021 | Campaigns, Legislature, State Politics
Just days after her former opponent died, Democrat Andrea Phillips announced Monday she would run for the vacancy his passing created, before the funeral, even before a special election was called. Representative John Landon passed away last Thursday from cancer....
by Iowa Field Report | Jul 12, 2021 | Media, State Politics
Associated Press reporter Ryan Foley—the man who calls himself “scoops”—has hit a new low. Following the tragic accident at Adventureland on July 3, where one boy died, and another was critically injured on the amusement park’s Raging River ride, Foley wrote a story...
by Iowa Field Report | Jul 9, 2021 | State Politics
Former Speaker of the Iowa House and the first female to hold that role, Linda Upmeyer, is taking her knack for recruiting high-quality candidates and her passion for getting women involved in government to the next level. In her new role as the Co-Chair of the...
