Isabella Murray
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Private School Vaccinations Last Straw For Frustrated Public School Advocates
News broke this week that a number of central Iowa private schools on Friday were vaccinating their staff, and for some public educators fed up with school privatization and in-person learning efforts from the Legislature, it was the last straw. West Des Moines private school Dowling Catholic on Monday announced—when the Iowa Department of Public…
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GOP Voucher Bill Trying To ‘Slip One Past The Goalie’ Amid COVID, Dems Warn
In what’s been described as a “disastrous week in education” by public school advocates, the Iowa Senate last Thursday pushed forward a sweeping school privatization bill, followed by Gov. Kim Reynolds signing on Friday a requirement that schools now offer a 100% in-person learning option. Now Democrats question the timing of what they call an…
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Iowa Vaccine Eligibility Expanded, But Supply Still Low
Iowa this week moved into the second phase of its vaccine rollout while the state’s stockpile remains low just a few days after it hit a new record amount of COVID deaths. First responders, educators and Iowans age 65 or older are now able to join healthcare workers in receiving the vaccine, making about 20%…
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Rural Iowa Democrats Reflect On Continued Struggle For The Party
Rural Iowa didn’t get to know Theresa Greenfield well enough this year, at least that’s how some Democrats in rural Iowa are reconciling with their candidate’s loss to Sen. Joni Ernst. In a race peppered with competitive polling and record fundraising for Democrats, both Greenfield and Ernst attempted to capture the state’s rural voters with…
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Heather Matson On Her Surprise Loss, Suburban Voting Changes
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats’ fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator won her southern Ankeny and Saylorville seat in 2018 when…
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Heather Matson On Her Surprise Loss, Suburban Voting Changes
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats’ fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator won her southern Ankeny and Saylorville seat in 2018 when…
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Heather Matson On Her Surprise Loss, Suburban Voting Changes
State Rep. Heather Matson’s Nov. 3 loss of her Ankeny-based House seat signified a stunning reversal in Democrats’ fortunes in suburban Iowa and was a sign of how far the party has to go to break full Republican control of state government. The freshman legislator won her southern Ankeny and Saylorville seat in 2018 when…
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Reynolds: My Agenda Would Come To ‘Screeching Halt’ If Dems Flip House
While campaigning across the state for down-ballot GOP candidates last week, Republican elected officials repeatedly highlighted a reason to hold onto all chambers of Iowa government: so as not to halt their agenda. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley spoke at different GOP election events during the final…
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Greenfield, Ernst Couldn’t Have Closed More Different In Final Senate Push
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves to Iowans during their last week of campaigning across the state before…
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Greenfield, Ernst Couldn’t Have Closed More Different In Final Senate Push
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves to Iowans during their last week of campaigning across the state before…
