by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is batting back at rival Rick Perry who has accused Santorum of being a “prolific earmarker.” Earmarks are used by members of congress to target spending for pet projects. Santorum has said he’s proud...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | News, Politics & Government
A $50 million “earmark” Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley secured in 2003 to get federal funding for a controversial Iowa project is again front and center in the closing days of an Iowa campaign. The “EarthPark” project has never gotten off the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is responding to critics who call his views “scary.” “Those people who say that these ideas that I express are dangerous — it sort of baffles me a whole lot because I think big government is...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 30, 2011 | News, Weather
Public works crews have likely logged more hours in street sweepers than in snow plows this month. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says the statewide average snowfall total for this December is just 2.5 inches. “You’d have to back to 2006 for the last...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 30, 2011 | News, Politics & Government
Bowl-watching parties, parking lot rallies and coffee-shop conversations are among the events featuring Iowans, the Republican presidential candidates and the media now traveling along to record every moment. Mitt Romney began the day outdoors, in West Des Moines,...