Ames Reps Heddens, Wessel-Kroeschell Criticize Closed-Door Medicaid Meeting
Ames' Democratic state Reps. Lisa Heddens and Beth Wessel-Kroeschell this week criticized a decision by Iowa's new Medicaid director, Mike Randol, to hold a...
Weekly News Roundup: Death Penalty Dies, Abortion Ban Moves Forward After First Funnel Week
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Last Friday marked the first funnel week deadline for the 2018 session of...
Former Des Moines School Board Member and Gubernatorial Candidate Jonathan Narcisse Dies
Jonathan Narcisse, a controversial former member of the Des Moines School Board and 2010 candidate for governor under his Iowa Party banner, has died...
Trump Admin Refuses to Release Photo of Ernst-Supported Bill Signing to Weaken Mental Illness...
In the wake of the mass shooting Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, CBS News...
Fred Kirschenmann Looks Beyond 2018 for Leopold Center’s Future
The two remaining staffers of Iowa State University's Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture after GOP lawmakers cut its state funding last year remain committed...
Grassley Gets Help from Trump on Immigration, Burned by Sessions on Justice Reform
The Trump administration intervened twice this week with Chuck Grassley's efforts to pass legislation, on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for undocumented...
More Eyebrow-Raising Proposals from Iowa Lawmakers
The other week, we took a look at some of the most extreme bills that had been introduced within the first three weeks of...
Weekly News Roundup: Grassley Releases Steele Letter, Top DOJ Official from Iowa to Step...
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
Grassley Releases Declassified Steele Criminal Referral
On Tuesday, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lindsey...
Iowa Actor Tom Arnold Tells Trump Playboy Mansion Story on Twitter
Tom Arnold has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump on Twitter, where on Saturday the Ottumwa-born actor and comedian told a story of...
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Has Introduced a Bill to Re-Fund the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
On Tuesday morning, a grassroots coalition called Iowa Sustainable Agriculture met in Des Moines to call for new funding for Iowa State University’s Leopold...
