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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day links and discussion thread
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 16Last year, Governor Terry Branstad made only a brief appearance and declined to give a speech at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event in Des Moines. He wasn't dumb enough to make that mistake twice. No one would mistake me for a fan of Branst... »
Who's who in the Iowa House for 2012
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 13Although the 60 Republicans and 40 Democrats in the Iowa House haven't changed since last year, I thought it was worth updating this post, because some committee assignments have changed, and House Democrats reshuffled their ranking members somewhat. M... »
Can a divided legislature agree to raise Iowa's gasoline tax?
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 13Iowa's well-documented problems with roads in disrepair and deficient bridges have prompted many calls for raising the gasoline tax in recent years. I've been skeptical that a divided state legislature would agree to raise an unpopular tax during an el... »
Iowa legislature 2012 opening day linkfest
Bleeding HeartlandFront Page
Jan 09The Iowa legislature's 2012 session begins today with several major policy reforms on the agenda. Making progress on even one of those issues would be daunting under any circumstances, but particularly during an election year when different parties con... »
Counting error may have given Romney Iowa caucus victory
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 06Mitt Romney may have wrongly been declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses due to a tabulation error, according to an exclusive KCCI-TV report today. KCCI spoke to Edward True, a Ron Paul supporter who helped count the votes from his precinct in Moulto... »