A coalition of community organizations will hold a rally in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday in support of transgender students, as political attacks on those young people by state and national Republican leaders continue. Multiple bills targeting transgender students, designed to restrict support schools and teachers can provide, and aiming to ban books touching on gender […]
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Mike Pence praises Gov. Reynolds’ leadership on COVID-19 as the state and Linn County set new COVID-19 records
Five days before the election, Vice President Mike Pence landed at the Des Moines International Airport long enough to give a 45-minute speech to a crowd of supporters, encouraging them to vote for President Trump, Sen. Joni Ernst and other Republican candidates. About 30 minutes into his speech on Thursday, Pence reminded the people gathered […]
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Hy-Vee CEO tells employees he’s concerned about the tax policies of ‘some of the candidates’ this election cycle
Hy-Vee CEO Randy Edeker sent a video about the upcoming election to his company’s more than 245 stores, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. In the video, which is being played in store breakrooms, Edeker tells employees that current tax policies are in the best interest of the West Des Moines-based chain and warns about social unrest […]
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Reynolds: ‘We never guaranteed that no one would get COVID-19’
As more COVID-19 restrictions were lifted across the state on Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 18 Iowans have died from the virus. Over the last seven days, there have been a total of 93 COVID-19 deaths. That’s the highest numbers of deaths from the virus during any such period. Deaths, of […]
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After COVID-19 exposure, Reynolds plans to partially self-isolate, continue relaxing restrictions in Iowa
“I want to assure Iowans that I’m healthy and feeling good, and I’m fully focused on leading Iowa’s response to the pandemic on our economic recovery efforts,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said at her press conference on Monday. That assurance came after it was reported Reynolds’ was in contact with an aide to Vice President Pence […]
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Gov. Reynolds was in contact with White House aide who tested positive for COVID-19
During her visit to the White House last week, Gov. Kim Reynolds came in contact with an aide to Vice President Mike Pence who later tested positive for COVID-19, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Katie Miller, Pence’s press secretary, tested positive for the virus on Friday. Reynolds met with President Trump and the vice president […]
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Vice President Pence says Iowans are ‘blessed’ to have Kim Reynolds as governor, praises meat processing plants during visit to Iowa
“The people of Iowa have been blessed by the leadership of Gov. Kim Reynolds,” Vice President Mike Pence said during his visit to the state on Friday. Pence was speaking to a group of religious leaders at Westkirk Presbyterian Church in Urbandale, one of two scheduled public events on Friday. “One of the things the […]
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Protesters rally in Cedar Rapids during Mike Pence visit
“Peace not Pence,” was chanted by protesters across the street from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. NextGen Iowa and Indivisible Iowa organized a rally to protest Vice President Mike Pence, Congressman Rod Blum and Gov. Kim Reynolds, who were at the company to speak about tax reform, among other issues. “Rod Blum is […]
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Donald Trump’s Thank You Tour stops in Des Moines
President-elect Donald Trump visited Des Moines yesterday as one of the stops on his Thank You Tour. This tour is traveling to battleground states — including Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina — that favored Trump on Nov. 8 as a means of thanking his supporters. The Iowa Events Center’s Hy-Vee Hall hosted a crowd of […]
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Mike Pence as Trump’s VP? Look before you leap
The Indianapolis Star has confirmed that Indiana Governor Mike Pence has been selected as the official running mate for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. An official announcement is scheduled for Friday, 11 a.m. in New York City. Nuvo, an alternative weekly based in Indianapolis, has written a lot about Pence over his three years as […]
