by Luke Martz | Jan 23, 2020 | State Politics
Iowa Field Report details the gap in substantial contributions between the Iowa Democratic Party and the newly formed Better Democracy PAC. It’s no secret that Iowa’s 2020 elections are shaping up to be competitive up and down the ballot and across the...
by Luke Martz | Jan 22, 2020 | Media, State Politics
Mighty Hunter Comes Up Short Finance reports were due yesterday — while the Iowa Field Report team reviews them, there is one thing that stands out. Our auditor, Rob Sand, raised almost nothing last year. This is noteworthy because he has been roundly praised...
by Luke Martz | Jan 20, 2020 | Legislature, State Politics
Iowa Field Report has learned that newly elected Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley will have around half a million dollars cash on hand when he files his 2019 fundraising report later this week. This enormous sum will shatter the previous record for cash on hand at the...
by Luke Martz | Jan 17, 2020 | Legislature, State Politics
The minority party doesn’t do much if any legislating, which is a good thing for Senate Minority Leader Janet Peterson—because she doesn’t know how the process works. On Tuesday, Governor Reynolds laid out her vision for the next decade, which includes a bill...
by Luke Martz | Jan 16, 2020 | Policy, State Politics
It’s rare in politics that you can find an issue that is a winner in both politics and policy. School choice is one of them. The polling says that this is one of the few bipartisan issues out there. In a recent nationwide poll from RealClear Politics, voters...
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...
