by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 25, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is calling on party officials planning the next Democratic National Convention in 2020 to negotiate better hotel deals. Many hotels for this week’s convention in Philadelphia have raised rates. “Somebody’s got to get to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 25, 2016 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Fifty-one delegates from Iowa head into the Democratic National Convention today in Philadelphia, where a party squabble may erupt. Leaked emails showing national party staff favoring Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders led to the resignation of the Democratic...
by Dar Danielson | Jul 18, 2016 | Military, News, Politics & Government
Retired Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat, joined a conference call today to criticize the likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Harkin says it was one year ago in Iowa that Trump made comments about Senator John McCain not being a war hero because...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 30, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst will hold her second annual “Roast and Ride” fundraiser at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on August 27. Ernst held the first edition of this event last June at the Central Iowa Expo site near Boone. Seven Republican presidential...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 17, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
An Irish politician who’s in Iowa today is offering his perspective on our country’s presidential race. “My deep belief is that American politics and the system of politics here is resilient and it always reverts back to the politics that isn’t...