If there’s anything Iowans can’t stand, it’s the broken politics of Washington, DC. Yet, a proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution would bring one of the federal government’s worst traits to the Iowa Statehouse. Amendment 1, which is on the ballot thi... See more
Lately, my TV has been filled with political ads about corruption. US Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, in particular, have been telling us how they’re fighting government graft. kAmx 42? D66 H9J E96J’C6 E2=6C:42? AF3=:4 D2JD 4@CCFAE:@? :D... See more
We’ll probably get neither Years ago, before the 2004 Iowa Caucuses, I remember one of the candidates running for president arriving at Tom Harkin’s steak fry fundraiser. There was a mob of news media and party activists surrounding him. As he made his wa... See more
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Iowa’s future might look like Missouri’s. Let’s hope this is the case. At least in one respect: Recently, Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected a plan to eliminate state income taxes and authorize higher sales taxes to repl... See more
Ed Tibbetts, a longtime reporter and editor in the Quad-Cities, is the publisher of the Along the Mississippi newsletter, where this post first appeared. Find more of his work at edtibbetts.substack.com. Three weeks ago, I wrote that Iowa’s future might l... See more
