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WATCH: Top Iowa Republican says protecting property owners from eminent domain is a priority
Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Grassley said even though Gov. Kim Reynolds didn’t mention eminent domain in her Condition of the State speech, the issue is still a priority for the state legislature. Last year, a bill restricting the use of eminent domain to build carbon capture pipelines caused division among the state’s Republican…
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WATCH: Top Iowa Republican says legislators are taking property taxes ‘very seriously’
On day one of the legislative session, Iowa Senate Republicans proposed sweeping changes to the state’s property tax system. Gov. Kim Reynolds followed up during her Condition of the State speech with her own suggestions for lifting the burden on Iowa’s homeowners. With Speaker of the House Pat Grassley promising similar legislation from his chamber…
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WATCH: Working Americans don’t benefit from foreign wars. Billionaires do.
The US has intervened in Venezuela. Nathan Sage, a Marine and Army vet, says wars are costly, funding that could go toward helping people living here.
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WATCH: Iowans demand justice for Renee Nicole Good
Iowans around the state gathered this weekend to protest ICE and demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, a Minnesota mother of three shot and killed by a federal agent.
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WATCH: Iowans stand in solidarity for Renee Nicole Good
Which side are you on? Political correspondent Zachary Oren Smith was at the ICE Out for Good rally in Iowa City. He talks about Renee Good’s last words and what we should learn from them.
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WATCH: An invisible tax: How renters subsidize property owners
Renters pay property taxes—it’s just hidden in your rent. In 2013, Iowa gave apartment owners a tax break with a promise: they’d pass savings to renters. 12 years later? That never happened. Now Democrats are proposing $500 rebates for renters. But will renters actually get relief in a state that bans rent control and where…
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WATCH: The working-class economic crisis is personal for Nathan Sage
Everything is expensive. That’s not a policy abstraction. It hits home. Nathan Sage in a raw moment talks about how a downturn in the Iowa economy has affected his own wife’s job.
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WATCH: ICE kills 37-year-old woman Renee Good in Minneapolis
CONTENT WARNING: this video contains the clip of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good. Viewer discretion is advised. An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Trump administration is already spreading lies about what unfolded, which was recorded on camera.
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WATCH: GOP Sen. Joni Ernst defends ICE killing in Minneapolis
US Sen. Joni Ernst defended the actions of an ICE officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis. “Our brave ICE officers enforce the law to keep America SAFE!” she said on the social media platform X.
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WATCH: 29-year-old runs for Iowa Legislature
A 29-year-old from Cedar Falls wants to see younger voices represented in Des Moines. Drew Stensland is running for Iowa House District 75.
