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DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad’s initiative to privatize Medicaid was met with fierce and stinging criticism Wednesday from an Iowa lawmaker. The Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) has awarded contracts
DES MOINES – Gov. E. Terry Branstad today signed a proclamation directing a special election to be held on Nov. 3, 2015, for Iowa House District 5, following the resignation of Chuck Soderberg
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa this week plans to introduce legislation to increase the amount of information students receive about federal student loans, including their potential ability to repay, before
From Senator Amanda Ragan – State Senator Amanda Ragan of Mason City will co-chair a new legislative committee to serve as a watchdog over Governor Branstad’s controversial privatization of Medicaid, the health
DES MOINES – President Barack Obama will be in Des Moines Monday at North High School and our local state representative Sharon Steckman announced Sunday night that she has been asked to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) took to the floor of the United States Senate to highlight the significant failures within the President’s nuclear deal with Iran, and
MASON CITY & CLEAR LAKE – Elections for school board members in Mason City and Clear Lake drew little interest from voters. Despite huge budgets that rival those of the cities that
MASON CITY – City councilman Alex Kuhn announced members of his campaign committee this week. “I am thrilled to have such a strong group of community minded leaders stepping forward and serving
MASON CITY – It doesn’t appear that At-Large Councilman Alex Kuhn will face a challenger in this fall’s city council election, but that didn’t keep him off the campaign trail Monday. Mr.
NEW YORK – A Labor Day poll focused on the 2016 General Election For President shows that every Democrat trails Donald Trump, though narrowly. In an election for President of the United
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the 2016 race for the White House, businessman Donald Trump leads his Republican rivals in the early caucus and primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Trump has
ROWAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that homosexuals must be given marriage licenses, but a Kentucky clerk refused to comply and has been jailed. The woman’s name is Kim
DUBUQUE, Iowa— Hillary Clinton continues to hold a sizeable advantage over her nearest rivals according to the new Loras College Poll released Wednesday. The news is not all positive for Clinton, however,
CEDAR RAPIDS – In a sign of solidarity, Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders will join BCTGM Local 100G members and supporters in an informational picket outside the Penford Products factory in Cedar
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is requesting an update on the ongoing investigation into the drowning death of a 20-year-old Iowan while in police custody more than a year
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama now has the necessary votes in the Senate to pass a deal brokered with Iran to halt its development of a nuclear program that could have
FACT SHEET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: Climate change is reshaping the Arctic in profound ways. The global Arctic has warmed approximately twice as fast as the rest of the world, resulting in
MASON CITY – Joshua Masson is pleased to announce his candidacy for the Third Ward seat on the Mason City Council. Masson, 44, is employed at Curries, where he has been the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican wasted no time Monday after finding out the state department will release thousands of pages of emails, some of which contain sensitive information. The State Department said it
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today were joined at the administration’s weekly press conference by leaders from CenturyLink, Windstream, Frontier and Consolidated Communications to
MASON CITY – At-Large councilman Alex Kuhn has announced he is seeking a second term on the Mason City council. From Alex Kuhn: It has been a true honor and privilege to
DES MOINES – A survey released this week shows that most Iowan’s still approve of Governor Terry Branstad’s handling of state business, with Democrats and Republicans at opposite ends of the spectrum.
DES MOINES – The Office of Governor Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds announced internal updates to staff. Larry Johnson, Jr., has been promoted to legal counsel to the governor
NIT – On Friday, Governor Martin O’Malley released what his campaign calls “a bold, progressive plan” to expand Social Security that he says will meet his goal of increasing the number of
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Steve King has joined Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in calling for an end to “birthright citizenship”, which was set in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The 14th
MASON CITY – Brett Foster Schoneman, a transplanted realtor from Garner and a friend of mayor Eric Bookmeyer, has announced he is running for city council. The announcement was made in the
OSAGE – North Iowa Republican legislator Josh Byrnes came up short in his bid to become the next House Speaker, but says he feels encouraged by the support he saw on his
MASON CITY – City hall continues to wheel and deal mostly out of the public eye on a $36 million dollar downtown project, park board minutes show. The reason this information had
MASON CITY – As Angela Determan exited her real job working for the people of Mason City and headed to the Blue Zone, she cashed in for thousands of dollars of overtime
CLEAR LAKE – One of North Iowa’s most prominent politicians has gained a new rank in the Iowa Legislature. Linda Upmeyer of Clear Lake has been name the new House Speaker and
DES MOINES – State Revenue in July grew only $1.1 million over the previous year’s figures, according to Republicans who cited the non-partisan Legislative Services Agency. This amount equated to a growth
NIT – Donald Trump is showing huge gains in a new CNN poll released this morning. Despite headlines and social media posts from publications like the New York Times and the Des
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today the launch of Iowa Culture, a new interactive mobile app that puts the largest, most comprehensive statewide
Donald Trump releases immigration plan: IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN The three core principles of Donald J. Trump’s immigration plan When politicians talk about “immigration reform” they mean: amnesty,
DES MOINES – The rhetoric on both sides of the aisle is heating up this campaign season, with a growing battle between Democrats and Republicans taking shape over the future of Planned
MASON CITY – She’s already been paid a hefty salary, now city leaders want to pay a Blue Zones employee tens of thousands of dollars more. The city is strapped for cash, has
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Grassley is the former chairman and a senior member of the Senate
CLEAR LAKE – Democratic candidates took to the stage at the Surf Ballroom Friday, promising to topple incumbents like Steve King and preserve the left wing stronghold on the executive branch. It
HAMPTON – Wednesday morning, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz received the endorsement of 2014 Republican State Senate candidate Shawn Dietz. Dietz is highly active in Republican politics and has been part of the
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday held the first of a series of roundtable meetings across the state to focus on ways to