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...
Ames Chamber Lobbies Against Anti-Gay “Religious Freedom Restoration Act”
A week ago, the Ames Chamber of Commerce's Statehouse lobbyist Drew Kamp declared the organization's opposition to a bill that would allow businesses and...
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...
Supporters to Gather Tuesday Morning to Call for Re-Funded Leopold Center
At 10 a.m. this morning at the Iowa Department of Administrative Services' Wallace State Office Building in downtown Des Moines, advocates of Iowa State...
Ames Chamber Is Opposed to Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill
In December, the Informer reported on the inclusivity statement the Ames Chamber of Commerce adopted in January 2017 reading in part that the organization...
The Most Extreme Bills Proposed So Far in the 2018 Iowa Legislative Session
As the Iowa Legislature enters its fourth full week in the second consecutive year of total Republican control, the party seeks to continue its...
