There’s no shortage of tweets from semi-anonymous accounts about the Iowa Caucus on the platform Elon Musk has renamed X, and until this week, none of them seemed significant. But on Thursday, the New York Times reported that one of those accounts belongs to Gov. Kim Reynolds. For the past year, Reynolds has tweeted about […]
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Your Village: A first-of-its-kind caucus is upon us
By the time January is half over, we’ll know whether every poll published about the Iowa Republican Caucus was correct and Donald Trump has won the first contest in his effort to Grover-Cleveland himself into a nonconsecutive second term. It’s not entirely impossible that another candidate won’t win, but disgraced former president, and one-time Ottumwa […]
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The Kum & Go name will go with rebrand, new Utah-based owners decide
By the time this year is over, Kum & Go will have gone. The stores will remain, but the iconic Iowa name and branding “will disappear by 2025,” CSP Daily News reported on Monday. In April 2023, Kyle Krause, the CEO of Krause Group, announced he would sell Kum & Go and Solar Transport, a […]
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Books pulled from Iowa City schools are being returned after judge issues injunction against SF 496
The Iowa City Community School District is returning the books it removed from school libraries because of a book ban in the sweeping education bill pushed through the Iowa Legislature by Republicans last year. Superintendent Matt Degner told district families and staff in an email on Friday that following a federal judge’s injunction stopping enforcement […]
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In Waterloo, Trump avoids discussing Colorado Supreme Court decision but does mention Hitler
Donald Trump addressed a cheering crowd at the Waterloo Convention Center on Tuesday night, but never mentioned the day’s biggest news about his presidential campaign. Shortly before Trump took the stage at his Commit to Caucus event, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a decision confirming a lower state court’s finding that Trump had engaged in […]
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‘A real act of cowardice’: Mississippi politician raises thousands of dollars online after vandalizing Satanic Temple display at Iowa State Capitol
Michael Cassidy, a 35-year-old resident of Mississippi, went to the Iowa State Capitol on Thursday to attack the holiday display from the Satanic Temple (TST) that had been on the first floor of the building since last week. Cassidy knocked down and beheaded the display’s Baphomet figure. After he finished his vandalism, Cassidy surrendered to […]
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CommUnity seeks community support as Project Holiday returns for its 36th year
This holiday season, CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank will provide all the necessary groceries to prepare a full holiday meal to almost 1,300 families in Johnson County. The Project Holiday program is in its 36th year, and the need for food bank assistance is greater than ever. “We’ve seen the need for food assistance […]
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History-making Hiawatha City Councilmember Aime Wichtendahl is running for the Iowa House
Hiawatha City Councilmember Aime Wichtendahl is running for the Iowa House of Representatives in District 80. Democrat Art Staed currently represents the Linn County district, which cover Hiawatha, Robins and part of Cedar Rapids, but he announced last week he’s running for the Iowa Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Todd Taylor, who, in turn, […]
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A holiday display at the Iowa State Capitol sparks a small satanic panic
It’s been a basic part of the American legal landscape since the 1980s: if a government is going to allow private groups to put religious-themed displays on public property, then all religions must be welcome. That’s why along with more traditional Christian-themed holiday displays at the Iowa State Capitol right now, there’s one from The […]
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One month after Reynolds endorsed DeSantis, Trump’s lead in the Iowa Poll has increased
Donald Trump was the first choice of 51 percent of respondents in the latest Iowa Poll of likely Republican caucusgoers. That’s an eight percentage point increase from Trump’s previous best showing this year, 43 percent in the Iowa Poll conducted in late October. The poll of 502 registered Republicans who said they will “definitely or […]
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Iowa Democratic Party sets the lineup for its 2024 presidential caucus
Dean Phillips is not a name often seen in the news. The Minnesota congressman appeared occasionally in national news stories throughout the first half of the year, when he was saying he might challenge President Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. After formally announcing his candidacy on Oct. 27 in Concord, New Hampshire, Phillips […]
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The New York Times responds to AG Bird’s accusation that the paper supports terrorism
The New York Times has responded to Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s Dec. 4 letter to Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger and the top executives at the Associated Press, CNN and Reuters, accusing the news outlets of possibly violating federal and state law and providing “material support to terrorists.” In her letter, which was signed by […]
