IUB’s Lozier Recuses Himself from Dakota Access Rulings
Richard Lozier, the most recent Branstad appointee to the three-member Iowa Utilities Board, has recused himself from all decisions involving the Dakota Access crude...
Steve King Blames Obama for Congressman’s Shooting
Appearing on Iowa radio host Simon Conway's program Wednesday, Congressman Steve King claimed that President Obama was partly to blame for the shooting of...
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Receives Inaugural Award Named for Iowan Henry A. Wallace
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, which rose to international prominence last year for its opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline that...
Iowa Utilities Board Orders Dakota Access to File New Insurance Documents [Updated]
Update, 6/13: Dakota Access has filed updated insurance documents in time for today's deadline ordered last week by the board. You can view them...
Bakken Pipeline Protester Using Climate Justification Defense Found Guilty of Trespassing
Kriss Wells, one of 30 people arrested last August during a Boone County protest against the Dakota Access pipeline and the first in Iowa...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Deputy’s Islamophobic Facebook Posts
On Tuesday, an Iowa activist pointed Facebook followers to a pair of recent posts by Dan Charleston, a controversial deputy sergeant in the Polk...
Rich Leopold Ends Bid for Governor, Citing Financial, Self-Promotion Woes
Former Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Rich Leopold, the first Democrat to enter the 2018 race for governor, announced today that he is...
First Major Bakken Pipeline Protest Trial in Iowa to Begin Today
This morning, the first major Bakken pipeline protest trial begins in Iowa for Kriss Wells, who was one of about 30 arrested in a...
Steve King Suggests Kim Weaver Is Lying About Death Threats
On Sunday afternoon, responding to the news last evening that Democrat Kim Weaver decided to drop out of the 4th Congressional District race against...
Democratic Gubernatorial Hopefuls Slam State GOP “Regime,” Reynolds Private Jet Use in Boone
At the Boone County Democrats' Picnic for the People, organized as an alternative to GOP Sen. Joni Ernst's third annual Roast and Ride at...
