The first dramatic stage in the race to the White House takes place in the sparsely populated prairies of the rural Midwest. Paul Harris reports on the struggle to elect the world’s most powerful man – or woman. Not all voters are created equal. Some are more powerful than others. That was the strangely inegalitarian […]
DES MOINES – Four Des Moines area real estate developers have filed suit against a Clive bank and one of its top officers, alleging negligence, defamation, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent nondisclosure, and breach of good faith. Dan Stanbrough, Bradley Stanbrough, Scott Wendl and Jamie Hatch, who are […]
Second Congressional District Republican candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who won a spirited primary contest against Cedar Rapids businessman Peter Teahen and Lee Harder of Mount Pleasant, said today that the general election campaign against Rep. David Loebsack will offer voters “the difference between action and results and Washington’s current politics as usual.” Teahen said Wednesday […]
Polk County Supervisor Robert Brownell appeared on WHO Radio’s Steve Deace Show Thursday afternoon to warn Iowans that legislative Democrats’ vote for broad changes in the state’s long-established collective bargaining laws will push property taxes higher. Brownell noted that 100 percent of the House Democratic caucus voted for the changes. He predicts Iowans will remember […]
Troy Arends, president of Berkridge Pork, will be a guest on the WHO Radio “Big Show” at 12:15 p.m. CDT today. He will be intervewed by hosts Ken Root and Mark Pearson about Gov. Chet Culver’s friendly wager with Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on the outcome of Friday’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game between the […]
DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver has made a friendly wager with Gov. Steve Beshear of Kentucky on the outcome of the Drake University Bulldogs’ Friday NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament first-round game against the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers. Gov. Culver, who received his Master of Arts in Teaching at Drake University, is wagering 40 pounds […]
Forbes has once again proven why it is one of the smartest, most respected business publications around. The iconic magazine has ranked Greater Des Moines fourth on its annual “10 Hottest Cities for Business” list. That’s the same ranking the central Iowa region received last year, while many other cities in last year’s top 10 have fallen out. […]
Polk County Supervisor Robert Brownell. who is seeking his third term, told fellow Republicans today that their party “will beat conventional wisdom” to retain the White House, defeat Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and take back control of the Iowa General Assembly. Speaking at the Polk County Republican convention at Wells Fargo Arena, the […]
From the Washington Post’s “The Sunday Fix” column penned by Chris Cillizza and Shailagh Murray: “It’s no secret that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) were the big winners in Thursday’s Iowa caucuses. But, here at The Fix, we like to look for the winners behind the winners – and, […]
DES MOINES — Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works who is currently serving as Iowa campaign manager for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential bid, was featured today in a CBS News interview with correspondent Nancy Cordes. Click here to view the interview, “Huckabee on the Move.”
