by Luke Martz | Jul 25, 2022 | Campaigns, Legislature, State Politics
Sonya Heitshusen doesn’t want the public to know anything more about how or why she shot a bullet through her sliding glass window, according to a court filing made late last week. Heitshusen, a former reporter turned Public Information Officer, asked a Dallas County...
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 | Oct 19, 2021 | Campaigns, Governor, State Politics
Really desperate. As most of you know, natural gas prices are skyrocketing and will only get worse this winter. It doesn’t take a genius to see that Biden’s energy policies are no different than the rest of his policies– a total disaster. But...
by Luke Martz | Oct 12, 2021 | Opinion, State Politics
You’ve seen his shtick. You’ve seen him take to Twitter to say that we all just need to be nicer to each other. That we have to get beyond this red versus blue stuff. That we can’t just put on our jersey and battle it out. A few examples: “If you do choose to enter...
by Luke Martz | Nov 26, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress
The Second Congressional District election saga in Jasper County finally ended Wednesday evening, but not before the Rita Hart campaign fought one more time for approval of faulty results from a malfunctioning machine. The Second District race, which is one of the...