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  • News

    Political Newcomers Look To Unseat GOP In Rural House Seats

    As attention has finally moved away from the caucuses, there are plenty of other races in Iowa gearing up for the June primaries and beyond. A couple of those races, happening in rural House districts, feature political newcomers taking on Republican incumbents. Carissa Froyum is running for House District 63, which includes rural portions of Black Hawk…


  • News

    Political Newcomers Look To Unseat GOP In Rural House Seats

    As attention has finally moved away from the caucuses, there are plenty of other races in Iowa gearing up for the June primaries and beyond. A couple of those races, happening in rural House districts, feature political newcomers taking on Republican incumbents. Carissa Froyum is running for House District 63, which includes rural portions of Black Hawk…


  • News

    How An Iowa Ethanol Plant Is Trying To Weather Trump’s Storm

    The last two years have tested the farming community, small town agriculture and the biofuels industry. There has been little stability for commodity markets. With the trade wars, some markets have been effectively erased. There has been little stability for biofuels markets. The Renewable Fuel Standard was undercut by the EPA, blocking billions of gallons…


  • News

    How An Iowa Ethanol Plant Is Trying To Weather Trump’s Storm

    The last two years have tested the farming community, small town agriculture and the biofuels industry. There has been little stability for commodity markets. With the trade wars, some markets have been effectively erased. There has been little stability for biofuels markets. The Renewable Fuel Standard was undercut by the EPA, blocking billions of gallons…


  • News

    How An Iowa Ethanol Plant Is Trying To Weather Trump’s Storm

    The last two years have tested the farming community, small town agriculture and the biofuels industry. There has been little stability for commodity markets. With the trade wars, some markets have been effectively erased. There has been little stability for biofuels markets. The Renewable Fuel Standard was undercut by the EPA, blocking billions of gallons…


  • Politics

    How Iowa Prepped The Field For Winning Back Rural Voters

    The Iowa Caucus has certainly seen its fair share of justified criticism in recent months. The IDP and DNC were blasted for the caucus night reporting failure. Continued questions over Iowa’s place in the process ramped back up — it’s too white, it’s too old, it’s too rural, many argued. But a look back on…


  • News

    Ep152: New IDP Chair, Bloomberg, Early States’ Impact

     On this episode, Pat Rynard sits down with former Lt. Governor Patty Judge to talk about the ever-releasing Iowa caucus results, performances in states since then, Mike Bloomberg’s media coverage and Donald Trump’s case to farm states.


  • News

    Ep152: New IDP Chair, Bloomberg, Early States’ Impact

     On this episode, Pat Rynard sits down with former Lt. Governor Patty Judge to talk about the ever-releasing Iowa caucus results, performances in states since then, Mike Bloomberg’s media coverage and Donald Trump’s case to farm states.


  • News

    Ep152: New IDP Chair, Bloomberg, Early States’ Impact

     On this episode, Pat Rynard sits down with former Lt. Governor Patty Judge to talk about the ever-releasing Iowa caucus results, performances in states since then, Mike Bloomberg’s media coverage and Donald Trump’s case to farm states.


  • News

    New Iowa TV Ads Target Drug Price Negotiation, Pharma Profits

    As a major bill to lower prescription drug costs remains stalled in the Senate, Iowa voters will see some new ads on TV about what happens when patients can’t afford their prescriptions. Health Care Voter, an organization that unites progressive health care organizations across the country, is running new ads as part of their “health…