More than 50 religious leaders in Iowa have signed an appeal for "responsible precautionary action to limit global climate change." I've posted below the full statement below with all the signatories, including Catholic Bishops Martin Amos and Richard ... »
After several hours of delay due to a suspicious powder mailed to State Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, the Iowa House passed a bill last night to ban local governments from using "automated traffic law enforcement systems." The 58 to 40 vote didn't fo... »
Well, that Last Minute Retirement Watch post seems to have worked. Four of the seven House incumbents who hadn't filed or announced retirement made it down to Matt Schultz's office today: Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant in House District 84, Rick Olson, D-... »
Bruce Braley, Steve King and John Archer turned their paperwork in to Matt Schultz today, meaning the congressional ballot is probably complete. (And no, Joe Seng ain't gonna get the signatures.) For my local readers, Democrat Sally Stutsman tops the f... »
Shelley Parbs announced today that she will run for Iowa Senate district 38. She is the second declared Democratic candidate in this district; the winner of the June primary will face first-term Republican Tim Kapucian, a Senate minority leader and ran... »
With the recent resignation of Matt Strawn, the Republican Party of Iowa finds itself once again looking for a chairman. So far only one candidate, Dave Funk, has publicly announced his candidacy. Current party co-chair Bill Schickel's name has come... »
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... »
By Susan Gwiasda City of Ames (April 17, 2012 – 5:45 p.m.) Another utility working near the Des Moines electric tie-line between Ames and Ankeny disrupted power to approximately half of the customers of Ames Electric Services. The outage occurred aro... »
