Des Moines Tops Forbes’ Best Places for Businesses and Careers
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Vander Plaats Tours Egg Production Facility, Emphasizes Importance of Animal Agriculture Industry
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – Touring an egg production facility today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said the animal agriculture industry is an important part of the state’s economy and “will have my strongest support as governor.” Noting the Humane Society of the United States recently attacked the state’s egg farmers, Vander Plaats said he […]
Finally! New York Times: News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments
From the start, Internet users have taken for granted that the territory was both a free-for-all and a digital disguise, allowing them to revel in their power to address the world while keeping their identities concealed. To read the rest of New York Times reporter Richard Perez-Pena’s story, click here.
Muscatine Senator Jim Hahn the Latest to Back Miller-Meeks for Congress
OTTUMWA, Iowa – Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who was the 2008 Republican nominee in Iowa’s Second Congressional District, announced her grassroots team for Muscatine County today, with state Sen. Jim Hahn the latest to add his name and endorsement in advance of the June 8 GOP primary election. “In a congressional district with 15 counties spanning […]
Newsweek: Priesthood Cast as Refuge of Child Pederasts, Yet Abuse Rates Same as Other Males
The Catholic sex-abuse stories emerging every day suggest that Catholics have a much bigger problem with child molestation than other denominations and the general population. Many point to peculiarities of the Catholic Church (its celibacy rules for priests, its insular hierarchy, its exclusion of women) to infer that there’s something particularly pernicious about Catholic clerics […]
Vander Plaats Unveils Economic Development Strategy: “We Need the World to Know Iowa is Open for Business”
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa – Saying Iowa’s future depends on “the world knowing that we’re open for business,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats on Monday unveiled his economic development blueprint for the state. Citing the economic success of Israel detailed in the book, “The Start-Up Nation,” Vander Plaats said at the Lyon County Republican Dinner, […]
CBS News Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Hits New Low
Last week, President Obama signed historic health care reform legislation into law — but his legislative success doesn’t seem to have helped his image with the American public. The latest CBS News Poll, conducted between March 29 and April 1, found Americans unhappier than ever with Mr. Obama’s handling of health care – and still […]
Chuck Norris to Visit Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Council Bluffs for Vander Plaats
DES MOINES – Internationally known actor and martial arts champion Chuck Norris will appear at events in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Council Bluffs for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats during the final days of the primary election. Vander Plaats’ campaign announced today that Norris, who writes a nationally syndicated column and is […]
Republican Miller-Meeks: Obama Visit Shows Big-Spender Loebsack is Vulnerable
OTTUMWA, Iowa – It’s no coincidence that President Obama’s national health-care campaign tour begins in Iowa City, Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said today. “David Loebsack is vulnerable this fall and now he’s trying to run for political cover by having the President stump for him right here in his backyard,” Miller-Meeks said of the […]
Miller-Meeks Issues Statement on Loebsack Vote for Government-Run Health Care System
OTTUMWA, Iowa – Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa’s Second Congressional District, released the following statement today on Democrat Dave Loebsack’s vote in favor of a trillion-dollar health care bill that will kill jobs, cut Medicare, raise taxes, and hand a number of special deals to swing-state Democrats to buy their […]
