Draft of Pate Voter ID Bill Finally Emerges
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate for weeks has been spinning his proposal for a voter ID law in Iowa as part of a...
Rastetter Won’t Say If He Supports Trump’s Muslim Ban
Since President Trump signed his arbitrary and wide-reaching executive order Friday to ban citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,...
The Trumpstad Report: #MuslimBan [Updated]
Part of a series on the ties that bind Iowa’s governor and the president.
Update, 1/30: According to the Des Moines Register, Branstad's support for...
GOP Budget Cuts Might Shutter State Transparency Board
The Des Moines Register's Jason Clayworth reported yesterday that included in Iowa Republicans' plan to slash $110 million from the state's current fiscal year...
The Trumpstad Report: China
Part of a series on the ties that bind Iowa’s governor and the president.
Shortly after his Jan. 20 inauguration, Donald Trump signed paperwork to...
Trump Greenlights Dakota Access Pipeline [Updated]
This post has been updated with comments from groups opposed to and supportive of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Less than a week after being sworn...
Grassley Frets Trump Too Focused on Diversity Before Confederate Sympathizer Nominated to Head USDA
On Wednesday, before news broke that the Trump administration has tapped former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to head the US Department of Agriculture, Chuck...
The Time Trump’s Energy Secretary Nominee Let an Innocent Man Die on Death Row
Editor's note: This story was originally published on my personal blog in August 2014, when I was a reporter at the Ames Tribune assigned...
Former GOP Lawmaker Kent Sorenson Gets 15 Months for Caucus Payoff Scandal
Former state Sen. Kent Sorenson, R-Milo, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for secretly accepting a $73,000 bribe from three Ron...
Amid AG Hearings, Grassley Defends Sessions’ Record on Civil Rights
Editor's note, 2/8: On Tuesday night, as a confirmation vote on Jeff Sessions for attorney general drew nearer, Senate Republicans voted to rebuke Democratic...
