Sen. Chuck Grassley isn’t alarmed by “what some might call upheavals” in Republican politics in Indiana, Nebraska and Iowa. He sees the recent victories by Tea Party-backed candidates in GOP Senate primaries in Indiana and Nebraska as well as the success of Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul supporters in Iowa in electing a majority...
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Linn County governmental offices will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. Continue reading
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The Republican Party of Iowa caught heat from news organizations for reneging on its own plan for releasing certified presidential precinct caucus results by giving them to the Des Moines Register before any other media outlets. One of the party’s critics at a public hearing hosted by the GOP in Des Moines May 15...
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CHANGE IN LOCATION Mitt Romney will deliver what’s being billed as a major policy address May 15 in Des Moines on the “out-of-control spending and debt” under the Obama administration, according to Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King. Romney, who is hitting back on a new round of attack ads by President Obama’s re-election campaign,...
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Updated 4:30 p.m. with dispute over deadline, Langston comment, lawsuit, in bold. Auditor Joel Miller wants Linn County supervisors to more clearly define what’s expected of him in the investigation into an employee allegation of financial misconduct. Miller asked supervisors at this morning’s work session to define the “work product” Finance Director Steve Tucker...
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Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, has announced that former state lawmaker Doug Struyk will become his executive officer. Struyk will replace Matt Hinch, who is leaving the speaker’s staff to join the Des Moines Partnership. Struyk, 41, served in the Iowa House from 2003 to 2011, including a stint as assistant minority leader....
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UPDATED CEDAR RAPIDS – The founder of the Cedar Rapids Tea Party has endorsed Dubuque businessman Rod Blum in the U.S. House 1st District Republican primary. Blum is facing Independence attorney Ben Lange, who was the GOP challenger to Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley of Waterloo in 2010. Despite of Lange coming within 2 percentage...
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Jobs and the economy, property tax relief, lower spending and education reform were winning issues for Iowa Republicans two years ago when they took a 60-40 majority in the House and picked up six seats in the Senate. “Thematically, not a lot has changed since 2010,” said House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha. “That’s still...
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When it hasn’t been ignored, Indian Creek has been an afterthought the past 150 years – something to be bridged, channeled, and drained into. It’s been getting more attention this year, and along its upper reaches some are starting to see the stream differently – as a sort of linear nature preserve through the...
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The May 21 debate between U.S. House 1st Districts Republican hopefuls Rod Blum and Ben Lange will be carried live on KCRG on cable channel 9.2, kcrg.com and thegazette.com. Blum, a Dubuque businessman, and Lange, an Independence attorney, will debate at 7 p.m. at Kirkwood Community College, room 234 in Cedar Hall, 6301 Kirkwood...
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