by Luke Martz | Dec 15, 2021 | Campaigns, State Government, State Politics
Many Republican officials around the state have been receiving calls from former General Counsel to Governor Branstad, Brenna Bird. Bird appears to be preparing to announce her run for Attorney General early in the new year. Bird wouldn’t confirm her plans but...
by Luke Martz | Dec 7, 2021 | Campaigns, Opinion, State Politics
This afternoon, Rob Sand waved the white flag, announcing that he will postpone his dream of running for governor and will instead run for re-election as auditor. With that announcement, it’s time to check in on our predictions from June, which were (drum roll) 100%...
by Luke Martz | Nov 16, 2021 | State Government, State Politics
Rob Sand says that he didn’t violate Iowa’s open records laws by refusing to produce an email between his chief of staff and liberal blogger Laura Belin because the email was sent on a private account. That was Sand’s response to a lawsuit filed by the Kirkwood...
by Luke Martz | Nov 4, 2021 | State Politics
At a business owner roundtable today, participants expressed deep concern over the current state of the economy and the Biden Administration’s decisions like the new federal vaccine mandate. The round table, hosted in Altoona, brought in business owners and...
by Luke Martz | Oct 23, 2021 | State Politics
This week, Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation released a poll that backs up what anyone with a pulse in Iowa is saying: Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Chuck Grassley are plowing the field on their way to re-election. The poll reflected a strong showing for Governor...
by Luke Martz | Oct 21, 2021 | Legislature, State Politics
The only people playing politics with Iowa’s redistricting process and the maps are Iowa Democrats. Both times legislative maps have been released this fall, House and Senate Democrat leaders have actually endorsed passing the maps BEFORE they were even released...
