by O. Kay Henderson | Oct 30, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is lamenting the “lost art of human relations” in the United States Senate. Harkin, a Democrat who served 30 years in the U.S. Senate, did not run for reelection in 2014. Harkin said these days senators spend little time...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 7, 2016 | Education, News, Politics & Government
One of the largest for-profit colleges in the country is closing immediately, but it’s not clear how many Iowa students may be affected. ITT Technical Institute offered courses on-line and has operated attendance centers in the Des Moines suburb of Clive and...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 26, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was the first speaker to take the stage this afternoon at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “Twenty-six years ago today, our nation won a hard- fought battle to end discrimination for over 50 million people when...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 26, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Thirty of the 51 delegates from Iowa will cast their votes for Hillary Clinton tonight when roll call is taken at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Christina Blackcloud, a member of the Mesquakie Settlement in Tama, is one of those Clinton delegates....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 26, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention this afternoon, at about three o’clock Iowa time. Harkin is promising to make it brief. “I’ve only got four minutes,” Harkin told Iowa reporters Sunday...