OTTUMWA – Legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Dave Loebsack to give a tax break to people who ride bicycles to work while blocking oil exploration in Alaska proves again that he is not tackling the big issues facing Iowa families and small business, Second Congressional District candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said today. “It’s nice that he […]
You’ll have to look high and low, long and hard to find someone as happy as I am about Iowa’s new public smoking ban, which went into effect July 1. On the other hand, I’m a very big fan of the 801 Steak and Chop House. It’s located on the second floor in Iowa’s tallest […]
OSCEOLA – House District 95 Republican candidate Doug Smith today said he would support legislation in the 2009 Iowa General Assembly to ease the financial burden on Iowa military personnel who are in harm’s way to defend America’s freedom. “There’s an old saying that freedom isn’t free. Our fellow Iowans in the […]
Fuel Rescue, a Waukee, Iowa, firm today approved an agreement for The Concept Works to market and distribute its revolutionary new product that helps the underground storage tank industry protect the environment and save money. Daily readings of underground tanks have quietly robbed the convenience store industry of multi-thousands of dollars and created ongoing […]
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain toured flood-ravaged Columbus Junction, Iowa, on Thursday, meeting with city officials and local business owners about their plight and the role the federal government can play in helping Midwesterners recover from the devastating natural disaster. Eric Woolson of The Concept Works served as the lead press advance person […]
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 […]
