by Luke Martz | Jul 29, 2020 | Media, Opinion, State Government
Iowa Field Report has learned that State Auditor Rob Sand is working feverishly to get a hold of Iowans’ personal and confidential health records. According to Sand, he needs the information, which includes records of sexually transmitted diseases and other sensitive...
by Luke Martz | Jul 14, 2020 | State Government
State Auditor Rob Sand is trying too hard. And I’m not talking about his Twitter feed, where Sand carefully shapes his image by tweeting about breakfast pizza and Decorah hot spots. The State Auditor, motivated by politics and a lust for publicity – and higher office...
by Luke Martz | Jul 9, 2020 | State Government
TestIowa, an initiative created between the State of Iowa and corporate partnerships, hit 100,000 tests conducted today. The program’s first test site opened on April 25th, 2020. Governor Kim Reynolds released a video marking the critical milestone. “In the face of a...
by Luke Martz | Apr 30, 2020 | State Government
Iowa Secretary of State launches a new website to entice younger people to become poll workers. Secretary Paul Pate announced the site Pollworker.Iowa.gov yesterday. It calls on healthy younger Iowans to step up for democracy and step in for older poll workers....
by Luke Martz | Jan 15, 2020 | State Government, State Politics
We started this website to cover news that others weren’t (or won’t). To ask questions of those who’ve been getting a free pass. So let’s talk about Rob Sand, Iowa’s new auditor. Since becoming our state’s head CPA (even though he isn’t a CPA), Sand has been the...