Politics

Emily Bruns had never met Abby Finkenauer before, but she had followed the US Senate candidate’s career closely.  “I have been a fan since she was in the Iowa House and then followed her in [Congress],” said Bruns, a social studies teacher at Mason City High School. Bruns got her chance to meet Finkenauer when…

For the second year in a row, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ attempt to divert public school funds to private schools was defeated. Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) confirmed to the Des Moines Register on Monday that Reynolds’ school voucher proposal—which would have diverted $55 million from state public school funding for 10,000 private school…

The Iowa Legislative session has entered overtime as Iowa House Republicans continue a stalemate with Iowa Senate Republicans and Gov. Kim Reynolds on a few key issues including school vouchers and curriculum oversight. Cut to unemployment benefits, a legislative priority for Reynolds, was another issue that has held up this legislative session. However, the House…

About two hours before the Celebrate CB Parade begins on Saturday morning, Dr. Glenn Hurst and other volunteers are taping campaign signs to a Ford Ranger pickup truck, a less than glamorous job for a US Senate hopeful but one he doesn’t seem to mind. The 52-year-old is a regular fixture at the annual parade…

Iowa has a rather infamous history of plane crashes. Several famous people from the worlds of sports, politics, and, of course, music have lost their lives in the Hawkeye State during aviation-related tragedies. Those losses on top of dozens of others have left a mark on the state.  For this edition of Iowa Weird, we’ll…

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…