edited by: Art Smith,
Iowa Editor
According to the Associated Press, a news release from Kentucky State Police says investigators believe [Bill] Sparkman acted alone in setting the scene. They also say he had recently [...]
"The time for fear-mongering is over," Braley said. "I have listened to my constituents all week, and they have told me" [...]
At the Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Saturday I was pleased to meet Bill Maske of Truro (Madison County), who is running against Representative Tom Latham in Iowa's fourth Congressional district. I don't know whether there [...]
The 2009 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components [...]
Some defense and immigration attorneys criticized [...]
If you'd like to watch online, the IDP will be livestreaming the proceedings here, beginning at 6:30 pm central.
Senator Tom Harkin [...]
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Details for those and other [...]
At Ames High School, he won three state' [...]
Republicans didn't hit the panic button when would-be "shoe bomber" Richard Reid was tried in federal court.
Numerous international terrorists with links to Al-Qaeda are already in U.S. prisons. [...]
After the jump you'll find the recipe for tonight's dinner, which I adapted from "Ground Meat in Cashew Nut'" [...]
Grassley's 57 percent approval figure [...]
In the report, Pew's researchers identified factors that have contributed significantly to California's difficulties, then determined the [...]
It was a dispiriting loss for Republicans on several levels. Paustian led election-night [...]
The American Future Fund Political Action has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether federal law preempts laws like that in Minnesota.
In that state, a live operator must initiate the recorded call with the consent' [...]
If you know any women who have considered running for office, or anyone [...]
The agreement includes five mandatory unpaid furlough days between now and June 30, which is expected to save about [...]
Former Governor Terry [...]
Conlin narrates the video herself, and it's mostly a biographical piece. Her parents lived paycheck to paycheck. She worked her way through college and law school.
Conlin was U.S. Attorney for Iowa's southern district from 1977 to [...]
After the jump I've posted some different interpretations of Tuesday's events, along with my own short take.
Iowa local elections
Jason Hancock of Iowa Independent: Iowa voters were [...]
It's important to have strong, well-funded organizations working to stop climate change before it's too late. But even more important is the need for committed activists and volunteers who work together and organize themselves on this issue, just like any other. It was this sort of organizing that made the [...]
I have a feeling the incumbents will lose in Windsor Heights; Mr. desmoinesdem says unusually high turnout is often a sign of anti-incumbent sentiment.
The Virginia governor's race has already been called [...]
Like the commercial Culver ran last month, this ad emphasizes that the governor cut spending and his own salary in order to balance the state budget during this recession without raising taxes.' [...]
Just over a decade ago, Republicans held eight of the nine legislative seats in Scott County, today Republicans only control [...]
Branstad has work to do with the social conservative wing of the Iowa GOP. Those voters carried him in the 1982' [...]
I miss the days when more people handed out home-made food on Beggars' Night. There was a guy in my neighborhood in' [...]
"As I said" [...]
Last month I wrote about rulemaking at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that will affect the highest-quality waters in Iowa. These [...]
Since we're starting to hear about more and more announcements being made by candidates running for election in 2010, I became curious about where we should encourage more folks to consider running.
Often, in the places where a fresh face is needed the most, a candidate steps into the race [...]
More than 8,700 infants end up in the emergency room each year because their car seats are used [...]
Commiting to a campaign for the US Senate next year requires more than the confidence that I have the right experience, the necessary support and the resources to be [...]
Johnson County Democrats held their annual fall BBQ today, and the speakers included Congressman Dave Loebsack, and the two announced Senate contenders: Tom Fiegen and Bob Krause.
Details after the break.
The BBQ was held in Hills again this year, and there was a good crowd on hand. [...]
After the jump I've posted a bunch of links on the big story of the week in Iowa: the preliminary plans for implementing the 10 percent across-the-board cut in current-year spending that Governor Chet Culver recently ordered.' [...]
"I never thought I'd run again," Conlin said at her home in Des Moines. "But in my lifetime, I don't ever want to say, 'If only I had followed my dream'" [...]
The versions of the House [...]
Is being overweight a political handicap? That's the big question posed by Daniel Engber in a very interesting piece this week at Slate.com. At issue, the contentious Corzine-Christie race in New Jersey and a weighty issue that has developed between the two men. Namely, the issue of weight.
You [...]
This Saturday, participants in over 3,000 events in 170 countries will observe the 350.org International Day of Climate action. Activists will ask international and national leaders to take real action to reduce CO2 levels from 390 to 350 parts per million and protect our planet.
1Sky has helped plan many [...]
Chinese communists swept to power in the last century without mentioning plans to nationalize businesses or institute forced abortions, Republican gubernatorial candidate Christian Fong told supporters of the Iowa Minuteman [...]
Meteor Blades brought to my attention a surreal editorial from the Colorado Springs Gazette about a silverback lowland gorilla who needed medical care.
The U.S. health care system came through in a big way for that gorilla:
A Gazette news [...]
Finance Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, "assured us that Republicans would be at" [...]
If you're concerned about global warming, you may already have made small changes to reduce your own "carbon footprint." You can significantly lower your energy consumption (and save' [...]
Join me after the jump for recent news and unintentional comedy from the [...]
Major U.S. banks and securities firms are on pace to pay their employees about $140 billion this year -- a record high that shows compensation is' [...]
Vander Plaats was the front-runner in the Republican field until [...]
By the numbers, [four-month-old] Alex [Lange] is in the 99th percentile [...]
Mike Denklau has eyed the possibility of running in the strong Republican district since early 2009, and after traveling western [...]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world' [...]
