Weekly News Roundup: Abortion Wait Period Blocked, Audit Questions Leath’s Plane Use
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
State Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Wait Period
Last Monday, the Iowa Supreme Court sided...
Who Endowed Wendy Wintersteen’s Ag College Chair?
For years, student activists and other critics of the dominating influence of Big Ag over research at Iowa State University have wondered who's behind...
Wendy Wintersteen Is the New President of Iowa State University
In a unanimous vote Monday afternoon that came as little surprise, the Iowa Board of Regents selected Wendy Wintersteen, the dean of Iowa State...
Weekly News Roundup: Fox News Targets Ames, Iowa AG Sues DeVos, Reynolds Defends RFS
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Attorney General Tom Miller Sues Betsy DeVos
On Tuesday, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller,...
“Liberals Are Unhinged and They Are Out for Us,” Iowa Governor Warns
“As we all know as we travel the state, the liberals are unhinged and they are out for us," Gov. Kim Reynolds warned a...
Iowa State Presidential Finalist Dale Whittaker Withdraws from Consideration
Dale Whittaker, the provost of the University of Central Florida and one of four finalists announced for the position of Iowa State University's next...
Iowa State Announces $1.7 Million Charles Koch Foundation Gift
Iowa State University's economics department will receive $1,685,000 over five years from the Charles Koch Foundation for its program studying underperforming Midwest markets and...
Pulitzer Winner Art Cullen Warns of Wintersteen Presidency
In a letter to the editor of the Iowa State Daily student newspaper, Storm Lake Times editor Art Cullen slammed Iowa State University ag...
Steve King Inspects Trump Border Wall Prototypes in San Diego
Today, Congressman Steve King visited a construction site in the desert outside San Diego, where contractors have been building prototypes of President Trump's border...
Dakota Access Lawyer Says Support for Jacobsen Unrelated to Pipeline Issue
In a recent campaign email promoting an event last Saturday at the Raygun T-shirt shop in Des Moines, 4th district congressional candidate Leann Jacobsen...
