At least 200 people gathered on the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol Monday evening for a rally and vigil marking one month since Trayvon Martin's killing in Floriday. After the jump I've posted a few notes from the event, along with links about th... »
The Iowa legislature's second "funnel" deadline passed on Friday, which means that most non-appropriations bills are dead unless they have been approved in one chamber and in at least one committee in the other chamber. It's time to catch up on the mos... »
Senate District 37 Registration: D 16602, R 11168, N 15371, total 43197, D +5434 Incumbent: Bob Dvorsky, D-Coralville; holdover seat A new point on the compass for Bob Dvorsky. He was first elected to the House in 1986 in a seat that went west to Iowa ... »
The Democratic-controlled Iowa Senate passed two bills today favored by corporate agricultural interest groups. House File 589, the notorious "ag gag" bill, seeks to prevent whistleblowers from reporting alleged abuse at agricultural facilities. Senate... »
Skipped out on the president in Cedar Rapids Wednesday. The event seemed largely made for national cameras and I didn't feel like there was much unique that I could add to the story. The Register did the leg work and tracked down people from the eight ... »
The November special election in Iowa Senate district 18 confirmed that Democrats will maintain a 26 to 24 majority in the upper chamber during the legislature's 2012 session, set to begin on January 9. Senate Democrats and Republicans recently announc... »
Witnesses were lined up, schedules were cleared, travel plans were arranged and attorney Bob Waterman — after months of preparation — was ready to defend his clients in trial before a Johnson County jury. Then, a few days before testimony was set to ... »
