Retirement Party: State Sen. Rick Bertrand, R-Sioux City [Updated]
Update, 8/18: Earlier this week, Rick Bertrand reversed his decision to not seek re-election after Steve Stokes, the GOP nominee for state Senate District...
Iowa Dems See Upset in Pennsylvania As Sign of Steve King’s Vulnerability
In a huge upset Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican rival Rick Saccone by just over 600 votes. The...
Retirement Party: Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix, R-Shell Rock
The first in a series looking at state lawmakers who have said they don’t plan to run for re-election in 2018.
Several state lawmakers, in...
Weekly News Roundup: Senate GOP Attempts Power Grab with Supreme Court, Ballot Bills
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Less than a week after passing a bill that would effectively ban nearly...
Rod Blum Calls Expose of His Shady Business a “Beautiful Assassination Attempt”
Last month, after AP reporter Ryan Foley broke the news that Republican Congressman Rod Blum appeared to have violated House ethics rules by failing...
Weekly News Roundup: Northey Confirmed to USDA Post, Former Rival To Run for Statehouse
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Bill Northey Confirmed — Finally — to USDA Post
Outgoing Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill...
Iowa’s No. 1 State Ranking Is a Cruel Joke
On Tuesday, the day before Iowa Senate Republicans passed a massively unaffordable, billion-dollar tax cut and another bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions...
Weekly News Roundup: Former Cyclones Star Monte Morris Linked to FBI Probe of College...
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Yahoo Sports reported Friday on documents and bank records it reviewed stemming from...
Rod Blum Hides Ownership Role in Shady Company, Blames Expose on DC Dems
Iowa Congressman Rod Blum broke House ethics rules by not disclosing his role in a shady company called Tin Moon Corp., which offers seach...
Paul Pate Decries “Propaganda” in Softball TV Interview with Former Intern
Wednesday on Twitter, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate teased an interview with We Are Iowa Local 5 News with "my former intern Mario...
