Ty Rushing

Gov. Kim Reynolds made it clear over the weekend that she doesn’t want any other state officials holding her accountable or challenging her perceived dominion over Iowa. During a Saturday event to celebrate the opening of her new campaign office, Reynolds, a Republican, called for the ouster of Attorney General Tom Miller and State Auditor…

Hy-Vee confirmed to KCCI on Friday it was laying off another set of employees. The West Des Moines-based grocer told the Des Moines TV station “57 positions were eliminated across corporate offices, including employees from IT, engineering, equipment, real estate, and construction.” The 57 employees laid off this time around will be provided with 30…

According to the Washington Post, US Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is expected to introduce legislation that would ban abortions nationally at about six weeks. Only six states have laws on the books that ban abortion at six weeks.  “A group of Republican senators has discussed at multiple meetings the possibility of banning abortion at around…

Iowa’s ever-changing, new election laws can sometimes confuse even the folks in charge of overseeing elections. A commercial from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office that aired on KCRG Thursday morning incorrectly listed the date when early in-person voting at a county auditor’s office starts. See the video here: https://new.iowastartingline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/05/IMG_2020.mov  The correct date for early…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Council Bluffs once played host to one of the most famous figures in underground crime. Meyer Lansky, AKA “The Mob’s Accountant,” lived seasonally in the Western Iowa city for a period in the early 1940s while he operated the Dodge Park Kennel Club. The dog-racing track was just east…

Abortion remains legal in Iowa—for now. In Iowa, a woman has the right to an abortion up until about 20 weeks of her pregnancy. A later-term abortion—unless it is “performed to preserve the life or health of the pregnant person”—is considered a Class C felony in Iowa.  The rules for a minor female seeking an…

Hy-Vee corporate workers who turn down an “offer” to switch to the retail end of the business will still be able to collect unemployment benefits, according to Iowa Code. The West Des Moines-based grocer ran an ad designed to look like a news article in several major Midwest newspapers Wednesday to announce that 500 corporate…

Pottawattamie County residents want a bigger say in how the county uses federal COVID relief dollars after the board of supervisors used $2 million to purchase a ski hill without public input. Calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County, the group made up of residents and activists has hosted town halls in Oakland and…

Sen. Chuck Grassley won’t support any currently proposed federal legislation that reforms state election laws. Iowa’s senior Republican US senator made that point clear after being pressed by a constituent during a town hall in Pocahontas on Tuesday.   “What about gerrymandering?” Grassley was asked. “As you just acknowledged a while ago, only a handful of…

Kelly Niewenhuis made the three-hour drive from his O’Brien County farm to Menlo for a good reason Tuesday: The White House invited him. Niewenhuis is president of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, a board member for the Siouxland Cooperative Energy ethanol plant near Sioux Center, and an unabashed supporter of renewable fuels, the reason President…