Former Secretary of State John Kerry has endorsed Joe Biden's bid for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination. Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, won Iowa's Caucuses and joined Biden on the Iowa campaign trail Friday. Kerry is making the case that Biden can reassert U.S. … [Read more...]
Iowa Senate GOP to seek income tax cut if sales tax raised to fund water projects
The top Republican in the Iowa Senate says GOP lawmakers are considering a tax package that may raise the state sale one percent, with part of the money financing water quality efforts and the rest used to replace taxes that are cut. "As long as we've in the majority in the Iowa Senate and as … [Read more...]
Castro to host Iowa forum about changing nominating process
Democratic candidate Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor, has been criticizing the role Iowa and New Hampshire play in the presidential nominating process. He's planning a town hall forum next Tuesday in Des Moines to discuss the issue. "There's no reason that Iowa and New Hampshire that … [Read more...]
Teamsters host candidate forum in Cedar Rapids
A member of the Iowa Federation of Labor's board of directors says union workers are "tuned in" to politics like never before. "People are fed up. We know that when fear turns to anger, people start to organize," says Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters … [Read more...]
Fairfield mayor chosen by blind draw, a recount still ahead
Another Iowa mayor's race that was tied went to a blind draw Thursday. The canvass of the runoff election for the Fairfield mayor's seat between candidates Michael Halley and Connie Boyer Thursday ended at the Jefferson County Courthouse with one absentee ballot being added and putting the two in … [Read more...]
Biden calls man quizzing him at town hall ‘a damn liar’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and a retired farmer sparred during a town hall meeting in New Hampton today. The man, who announced to the crowd that he was not a Republican, first told Biden he was too old to be president. The man said Trump was "messing around in Ukraine," then he … [Read more...]
Booker says Harris’ exit from 2020 race has sparked anger
New Jersey Senator and Democratic candidate Cory Booker today said it should be Iowa voters rather than pollsters and pundits who decide whether someone is a "viable" candidate for the White House. "It is a problem that we now have an overall campaign for the 2020 presidency that has more … [Read more...]
Biodiesel advocates happy with governor’s order on new vehicles
Industry officials are praising Governor Kim Reynolds for signing an executive order that all new diesel vehicles purchased for state fleets run on B-20 fuel, which is 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel. Iowa Soybean Association president Tim Bardole of Rippey says three new state snow plows … [Read more...]
Andrew Yang says big changes are overdue
Andrew Yang has spent more days campaigning in New Hampshire than any other Democratic presidential candidate. Next week, Yang will shift his travel time to Iowa, for a five-day bus tour here. Yang, a New York businessman, gave his first speech in Iowa at the 2018 State Fair, talking about a new … [Read more...]
Biden says Harris could be VP, Supreme Court justice, future president
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden grew emotional Wednesday as he told a crowd in Ames the Iowa Caucuses will be held on what would have been his son Beau's 51st birthday. On occasion, Biden said he thought it would be Beau Biden who'd be running for president in 2020. The former vice … [Read more...]