REYNOLDS BUDGET CRISIS: July 2018 Update
More Cuts for Working Iowa Families Already Hit Hardest By the Reynolds Budget Crisis Month after month, working Iowa families have borne the brunt of drastic budget cuts forced by the Reynolds Budget Crisis. This summer has been no different. “Instead of investing our tax dollars in Iowa’s greatest resource – our people – Governor […]
ICYMI: Reynolds’ Campaign Falters As More Ratings Move Towards Democrats
The Reynolds Campaign lost more ground earlier this week when election watchers at Governing.com moved Iowa’s gubernatorial race from Likely Republican to Toss Up. This change follows the trend started by the Cook Political Report in June when they upgraded the race from Likely Republican to Toss Up. GOVERNING: As November Nears, More Governors’ Races […]
Reynolds’ University of Iowa Cuts Target Workers
Governor Reynolds has stripped Iowa’s higher education budget to the bone to pay for her extreme partisan agenda and wasteful corporate giveaways, and so once again, working Iowans are the ones suffering the consequences. This week, the Des Moines Register reported that the University of Iowa is closing down seven centers that help with workplace-related training, dentist […]
FACT CHECK: Reynolds Sabotaged Mental Health, Mismanagement Getting in the Way of Solutions
Governor Reynolds’s policies have put Iowa next to last in the country for mental health services, but in her new ad, Reynolds wants to take credit for a bipartisan mental health bill she can’t even fully fund because of her fiscal mismanagement. Here’s Reynolds’ real record on mental health: CLOSING MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES Reynolds was a “full […]
Reynolds, Blum Score Partisan Points While Iowa Farmers Deal With Consequence of GOP Trade War
Instead of standing up for the thousands of rural Iowa families being sabotaged by this GOP Trade War, Governor Reynolds and Congressman Blum are welcoming Vice President Pence with open arms. While they are busy letting the Administration off the hook, Iowa farmers are sitting around their kitchen tables trying to figure out how they […]
Will Governor Reynolds Welcome Vice President Mike Pence With Open Arms?
Governor Reynolds has a tough decision to make this Wednesday when Vice President Pence visits the state: will she stand with Iowa farmers and hold Vice President Pence accountable by refusing to help him campaign until there is a plan to end the Trade War, or will she bow to her partisan political ambitions, and the $10,000 […]
OFFICIAL CONVENTION CALL Nominating Convention for Senate District 49
The Iowa Democratic Party and the precinct committee people of Iowa Senate District 49 will hold a convention to nominate the Democratic Party’s candidate to fill the ballot vacancy in the above-mentioned legislative district. The winner of this nominating convention will appear on the November 2018 ballot. The nominating convention is scheduled to convene: Monday, […]
EDITORIAL: “Iowa GOP does not consider women equal”
The Des Moines Register rips apart Reynolds’ extreme conservative agenda for discriminating against women. Governor Reynolds’ political rhetoric failed to cover up the ugly truths surrounding the restrictions on reproductive rights she has helped push throughout her time in the executive branch. In a scorching editorial published on Independence Day, the Des Moines Register called […]
ICYMI: More Bad News for Iowa Families as Reynolds’ Health Care Takeover Continues Downward Spiral
Two reports out this weekend removed all doubt that Reynolds’ for profit takeover of Iowa’s Medicaid System is a complete failure that is only going to get worse if Reynolds is allowed to keep pushing her extreme, conservative agenda. “Over a fifth of Iowa families are struggling to get critical health care because Kim Reynolds […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Victory for Iowa Women’s Access to Health Care
In response to the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision to block the 72-hour waiting period for Iowa women to get access to critical health care, Iowa Democratic Party Vice Chair Andrea Phillips released the following statement: “Today, the Iowa Supreme Court sided with Iowa women and families, Iowa values, and the Iowa Constitution. Hopefully, today’s decision […]