Imagine if we decided elections the same way our Republican overlords have decided Iowa is making progress on cleaning up our polluted water. Take the race for Iowa secretary of agriculture, for example. On election night, we expect the winner in the cont... See more
In 2025, Republicans who control the Iowa Legislature led the charge to abolish police citizen review boards. They couldn’t stand the idea of giving the public a measure of oversight over public servants policing their communities. “These far left ideas e... See more
Zach Lahn wants to carry on the legacy of Gov. Kim Reynolds. Brace yourselves. Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor, heaped praise on Reynolds, the outgoing Republican governor, at the party’s annual Lincoln Dinner on Friday. The Des Moines Register ... See more
Our illustrious Republican leaders, who crow relentlessly about American greatness, failed to make the nation far less great, for once. “I don’t agree with the Supreme Court here,” U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson told reporters on July 1, according to the Des Moi... See more
A federal judge recently delivered a win to Agri Star Meat & Poultry in Postville in a court fight over the company’s pollution discharges into Hecker Creek, which flows into the Yellow River, a cold water trout stream. Driftless Water Defenders sued ... See more