by Luke Martz | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured, Legislature, Party Politics, State Politics
As we reported last month, Iowa Senate Democrats have elected sexual harasser Nate Boulton to the leadership ranks, all but declaring that the #MeToo movement is over in Iowa. Today, we found out why. Speaking to the Iowa City Press-Citizen reporter Zachary...
by Luke Martz | Dec 1, 2020 | Legislature, State Government
Republican Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver announced Tuesday morning who would be the chairs and vice-chairs for the Senate’s standing committees in the next General Assembly. When asked about the makeup of this year’s committees, Majority Leader...
by Luke Martz | Dec 1, 2020 | Legislature, State Government
Speaker of the Iowa House, Republican Pat Grassley, announced committee leadership for the upcoming legislative session. The legislature is scheduled to convene on Monday, January 11, 2021. In a statement sent Tuesday morning, Grassley specifically mentioned...
by Luke Martz | Nov 15, 2020 | Legislature, State Politics
On Sunday, Iowa Senate Democrats elected Nate Boulton as assistant leader of their caucus. Yes, the very same Boulton who engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct against women and had to drop out of the 2018 governor’s race in disgrace. As reported by The Des...
by Luke Martz | Nov 9, 2020 | Legislature
On Monday morning, Republicans of the Iowa house formally elected their leadership team for the 89th General Assembly. Rep. Pat Grassley was re-elected to serve as Speaker of the House. Grassley released the following statement to the press Monday afternoon, “I want...
by Luke Martz | Nov 5, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress, Legislature, Opinion, State Politics
Iowans went to the polls on election day and voted Republican up and down the ticket. President Donald Trump was declared the winner of Iowa’s six electoral votes at the top of the ballot. The campaign provided the following statement to Iowa Field Report:...
