U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that she wasn't a key decision maker regarding the May 2008 immigration raid in Postville, Iowa. President Barack Obama has nominated Rose for a federal judgeshi... »
Crime and punishment are on my mind this weekend. Yesterday two men were sentenced for breaking into Representative Leonard Boswell's farm house last July, and an Iowa Democratic operative was charged with perpetrating identity theft against Secretary ... »
The Iowa Democratic Party released complete precinct-level delegate results this afternoon. With 1,774 precincts reporting, 8,064 out of the 8,152 total county delegates elected statewide were for President Barack Obama. "Other" (uncommitted) elected 8... »
U.S. Senate Republicans successfully filibustered President Barack Obama's appointee to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today. It was the second time this week that Senator Chuck Grassley and his GOP colleagues blocked a presidential n... »
The State Judicial Nominating Commission sent Governor Terry Branstad three nominees for the Iowa Court of Appeals yesterday. The governor has 30 days to select one of those three to replace Chief Judge Rosemary Sackett, a Branstad appointee from 1983 ... »
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann says she'll fight any effort to extend the payroll tax cut on the verge of expiring. »
