Weekly News Roundup: Iowa GOP Activists Lobbied for Saudi Arabia vs. 9/11 Victims, Lawsuit...
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
GOP State Employees Lobbied Against 9/11 Victims for Saudi Arabia
Republican activists and state...
Meet Victoria Toensing, Sam Clovis’ Attorney in the Mueller Russia Investigation
Sam Clovis is out of the running for the US Department of Agriculture’s top scientist position he was deeply unqualified for, but he remains...
Clovis Withdraws from USDA Post Consideration over Ties to Russia Probe
Sam Clovis, the former Morningside College economics professor, talk radio host, and Trump national campaign co-chair, has withdrawn himself from consideration for the US...
“Liberals Are Unhinged” Gov Bemoans Lack of Civil Discourse, Makes Steve King Campaign Co-Chair
In a move that looks like it came straight out of the Story County GOP's playbook, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds complained about the "vitriol"...
Grassley Runs Interference for Trump, Dodges Questions on Russia Probe
At a press conference assembled by Republican senators Monday to discuss President Trump's judiciary nominees, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley became visibly uneasy when reporters'...
Mueller Probe Sheds More Light on Sam Clovis’ Russia Connection
On Monday, a plea agreement unsealed in Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia in the 2016 election revealed that...
Weekly News Roundup: Abortion Wait Period Blocked, Audit Questions Leath’s Plane Use
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
State Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Wait Period
Last Monday, the Iowa Supreme Court sided...
Iowa’s State Funding Shortfall Gives Governor Candidates a Hot-Button Issue
An Oct. 19 Revenue Estimating Conference report showing $133 million less than anticipated in Iowa’s revenue projections for this fiscal year have primed the...
Who Endowed Wendy Wintersteen’s Ag College Chair?
For years, student activists and other critics of the dominating influence of Big Ag over research at Iowa State University have wondered who's behind...
Challenging Boone’s Established Pecking Order
Years ago I moved to Boone (I’ve lived between Ames and Boone all my life) and one of the best things about the town...
