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...
by Caleb Lillquist | Jul 1, 2021 | State Politics
The Iowa Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders conducted a poll of 500 likely Iowan voters on the Protect Life Amendment to the Iowa Constitution, resulting in a near tie on the issue. This poll comes after the Iowa Supreme court’s 2018 decision in Planned Parenthood V....
by Caleb Lillquist | Jul 1, 2021 | Party Politics, State Politics
Updated Iowa voter registration numbers are out, putting Republicans at an increased lead of 23,147 more registered voters than Democrats. Here are Iowa’s latest voter registration totals broken down by congressional district: #BeAVoter...
by Luke Martz | Jun 30, 2021 | Governor, State Government, State Politics
After a decade of legal fights and millions of taxpayer dollars funding court battles, the Iowa Supreme Court finds a lack of evidence of Branstad discriminating against former Workers Comp Commissioner Chris Godfrey and has thrown out the Godfrey lawsuit. A district...
