Reynolds Heads to Perry After Taking Campaign Cash from Tyson Foods
Reynolds Heads to Perry After Taking Campaign Cash from Tyson Foods Reynolds Accepted at Least $5,000 from Tyson Foods, has Glossed Over Past Labor Violations by the Company Governor Reynolds is meeting with leaders in Perry today after Tyson Foods, a company from which she’s accepted at least $5,000 in campaign contributions, announced it’s closing […]
Republicans Continue to Ignore Pleas from Iowans, Move Forward with Unpopular AEA Reforms
Republicans Continue to Ignore Pleas from Iowans, Move Forward with Unpopular AEA Reforms Iowa Republicans are moving forward with dismantling Iowa AEAs while ignoring pleas from constituents to protect them. Iowa’s students who need extra assistance are the ones who will be hurt the most. In passing this bill, Iowa Republicans blatantly disregarded the thousands of […]
Reproductive Freedom Isn’t Just a Buzzword Iowans speak up about effects of Republican’s extreme proposals by Rita Hart, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party Read Rita’s Column in the Times-Republican, linked here. — Sara Carspecken, a registered nurse in Fort Dodge, has been working in prenatal and postpartum care for more than 14 years. In […]
Brenna Bird thinks Trump should be immune from murder charges
Brenna Bird thinks Trump should be immune from murder charges Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has shown her far-right, MAGA extremist hand. This week, Bird signed a brief to the United States Supreme Court saying that Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution, simply because he was at one point President. Republican lawyers argue […]
Democrat State Auditor Rob Sand: the Most Popular Politician in Iowa
Democrat State Auditor Rob Sand: the Most Popular Politician in Iowa The numbers are in: Iowa voters say Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand is the most popular politician in Iowa with an approval rating of 55%, according to the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. He’s more popular than Governor Reynolds – whose approval rating has […]
Iowa Republicans reveal priorities in killing bill to help firefighters
Iowa Republicans reveal priorities in killing bill to help firefighters Iowa Republicans, including State Senator Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig), prioritized using more than $106 million of Iowa tax dollars to send children to private schools over making sure Iowa’s firefighters have comprehensive disability coverage for cancer treatments. Last year, Republicans approved a bill that costs state […]
Iowa Republicans Can’t Hide From Their Record Endangering IVF
Iowa Republicans Can’t Hide From Their Record Endangering IVF Zaun, Miller-Meeks, Nunn and Feenstra supported 2019 version of House bill that would put IVF at risk As poll after poll shows overwhelming support for IVF, Iowa Republicans are desperately running from their long records endangering access to and even criminalizing IVF treatments. Yesterday, Senator Brad Zaun tried to claim […]
Iowa Democratic Party Notice of Constituency Caucus Elections in March
Iowa Democratic Party Notice of Constituency Caucus Elections in March Pursuant to Article 6, Section 3, Sub-section D of the Constitution of the Iowa Democratic Party, the: Stonewall Caucus; Progressive Caucus; Native American Caucus; Armed Forces/Veterans’ Caucus; Latino Caucus; Labor Caucus; Asian American and Pacific Isalander Caucus; and Black Caucus of the Iowa Democratic Party […]
They’ll Remember in November: Iowans Share how AEAs have Changed Their Lives
They’ll Remember in November: Iowans Share how AEAs have Changed Their Lives Stories from the constituents that Iowa Republicans ignored in passing Governor Reynolds’ plan to defund AEAs Iowa Republicans are ignoring Iowa voters. Yesterday, Republicans passed a partisan bill that guts essential services provided by our Area Education Agencies (AEAs). Constituents rebuked their plan […]
Iowa Democrats Call on House Republicans to ‘Get it Together’ and Fund U.S. Government
Iowa Democrats Call on House Republicans to ‘Get it Together’ and Fund U.S. Government Iowa Democrats are tired of the time-old Republican tradition of kicking the can down the road, especially when they do so on a time-sensitive issue of critical importance like funding the United States government. Two weeks ago, rather than pass a […]