Shifting Focus to Dakota Access Pipeline, Enbridge Abandons Sandpiper Project
A month ago, the Calgary, Alberta-based energy transportation company Enbridge Inc. announced it had reached an agreement to buy a $1.5 billion stake in...
The Trumpstad Report: Voter Fraud
Part of a series on the ties that bind Iowa’s governor and the GOP presidential nominee.
"Nov. 8, we'd better be careful, because that election...
About 30 Arrested at Anti-Pipeline Protest in Boone
After a morning civil disobedience training in Pilot Mound Wednesday, about 30 people protesting Dakota Access LLC's Bakken pipeline were arrested on trespassing charges...
Lawmaker Who Fled GOP Over Trump Pens Op-Ed Critical of CAFOs
State Sen. David Johnson, who in June became the first elected official to leave the GOP in protest of Donald Trump, whom he likened...
Branstad Gives State Troopers Go-Ahead to Arrest Anti-Pipeline Protesters on Wednesday [Updated]
Update, 8/29: Dakota Access LLC has filed a request for a restraining order against Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Bold Iowa, and individual leaders...
State Senator Who Compared Trump to Hitler Facing Challenge from Steve King Aide
Zach Whiting, a 28-year-old aide for Congressman Steve King from Spencer, has announced plans to run for the state Senate seat held by the...
Grassley, Blum, Young Avoid Photo-Op with Trump at Ernst’s Roast and Ride
The last time Donald Trump campaigned in Des Moines, 3rd District Congressman David Young reportedly avoided the spectacle to campaign for re-election at a...
The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation’s Bakken Pipeline Standoff, Explained
After hardly a mention in the national media for more than two years, Dakota Access LLC’s plans to construct a $3.7 billion 1,168-mile pipeline...
The Trumpstad Report: Death Penalty for Juveniles
Part of a series on the ties that bind Iowa’s governor and the GOP presidential nominee.
Donald Trump made a blunt appeal to African American...
Bernie Sanders’ New Political Group Endorses Iowa Dems Kroeger, Meyer, Kacena
In an effort to build on the movement he inspired during his run for president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday launched Our Revolution,...
