by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 2, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Republican David Young — a candidate for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat — has decided to run for congress now that Republican Tom Latham has decided not to seek reelection. “When I first considered running for office earlier this year it was for Iowa...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 24, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Tom Latham says the budget deal he voted for earlier this month which cleared the U.S. Senate last week is a major breakthrough. “We’ve been going on with ‘Continuing Resolutions’ which just extend funding from year to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 20, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Tom Latham — speaking publicly for the first time about his decision not to run for reelection in 2014 — said he made the move for personal, not political reasons. “Last weekend my wife and I decided that, you know,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 18, 2013 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Tom Latham’s surprise announcement late Tuesday afternoon that he will not to seek reelection in 2014 is prompting other Iowa politicians to consider a run for congress in Iowa’s third district. Many ambitious politicians from both major parties have...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 20, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo, is not saying whether he thinks President Barack Obama misled the American people by repeatedly stating they could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them, while knowing some would lose their plans....