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  • AFSCME 11-30-09 news conference

    AFSCME Council 61 president Danny Homan will be stepping behind a lectern in a few minutes to announce the results of voting among AFSCME members who work in the executive branch of state government.  The vote, held from November 19 through the 25, was whether AFSCME members would approve or [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 10:05am EST

  • Thanksgiving week left-overs

    Read below for tidbits about John Carlson, Swati Dandekar, Ali Glisson, Michael Kiernan, (former Governor) Terry Branstad, (current Governor) Chet Culver, and others.  The Legislative Services Agency issued a financial analysis on Wednesday, outling the depth of the budget problems legislators and the governor face.  Read the story Rod Boshardt of The [...]
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    Fetched: November 27, 2009, 7:19pm EST

  • Linn County Auditor reflects on Tuesday’s “special”

    Linn County Auditor Joel Miller has a Twitter account. (Be sure to read his bio if you click.)  Miller's posted some interesting thoughts on Tuesday's special election in Cedar Rapids.  Here are those tweets: HD33 election may be 1st time # of absentee votes outnumber # of votes cast at the polls. Could this [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 6:05pm EST

  • Democrat wins Iowa House seat

    Kirsten Running-Marquardt, the daughter of former state Representative Richard Running of Cedar Rapids, has won a seat in the Iowa House.  (According to KCRG-TV, Running-Marquardt received over 75 percent of the votes cast. Turn-out in the district was less than 10 percent.)   The seat opened up when former State Representative Dick Taylor (D-Cedar [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 12:19am EST

  • 43 jobs saved; SPOC ratifies “understanding”

    A news release from the governor's office has the details: GOVERNOR CULVER’S STATEMENT ON STATE POLICE OFFICERS COUNCIL’S SUPORT FOR JOINT EFFORT TO SAVE 43 PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS DES MOINES— Governor Chet Culver released the following statement on the State Police Officers Council (SPOC) announcement that their members have voted to approve [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 8:05pm EST

  • NRSC gets involved in US Senate race

    There's been a bit of tit for tat, via email, between the National Republican Senatorial Committee (on behalf of Republican Senator Chuck Grassley) and Democrat Roxanne Conlin, a Des Moines attorney who is running for the U.S. Senate.  Meanwhile, the other two Democrats who're running for the U.S. Senate stressed policies about Afghanistan' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 6:19pm EST

  • IDP’s JJ Dinner, the ‘09 Biden edition

    Vice President Joe Biden was the keynote speaker for this evening's Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.  During his remarks, Biden credited the late Teddy Kennedy for tonight's senate vote on health care reform. Here's part of the live blog of the event: Biden said he was a bit late to' [...]
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    Fetched: November 21, 2009, 8:05pm EST

  • Gephardt on this weekend’s “Iowa Press”

    Former Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt is the guest on this weekend's edition of "Iowa Press."  Here's the Radio Iowa story, about his appearance today at a forum in Des Moines to talk about the work of the Council for American Medical Innovation.  As you may remember, Gephardt won the 1988 [...]
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    Fetched: November 20, 2009, 2:06pm EST

  • Governor: review all state tax credits

    You may recognize that headline above.  It was attached to this September 23, 2009 Radio Iowa story.  Governor Chet Culver indicated during an interview with Radio Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Gazette that his new chief of staff, John Frew, would be talking with state agency directors, asking for a review [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 5:27pm EST

  • Branstad on gay marriage

    Last night I put up phase one of my Wednesday afternoon interview with former Governor Terry Branstad.  Now, here's phase two, a focus on what Branstad had to say on the subject of same-sex marriage. On November 7, Branstad said in a speech at a GOP fundraiser that the legislature should [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 2:16pm EST

  • U-of-I polling on health care reform

    The University of Iowa's latest "Hawkeye Poll" was conducted at the end of October, which means the results may not be that useful in terms of "shelf-life."  The House passed its health care reform plan a few weeks after the poll, for example and the Senate's Democratic Leader unveiled a (proposed) senate plan [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 1:06pm EST

  • Ex-coach Gibbons now candidate Gibbons

    Former ISU wrestling coach Jim Gibbons is leaving his job as a financial advisor to launch a campaign for congress.  Gibbons, who grew up in Ames, now lives in Des Moines which is in the third congressional district.  Leonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des Moines who is the district's current congressman, [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 12:05pm EST

  • Talking with Branstad: DMU, gas tax and “the speech”

    This afternoon I had my first opportunity to interview former Governor Terry Branstad since he started flirting with the idea of running for a fifth term and announced his quest in October.  (To be clear, I made an interview request earlier, but it was just granted and scheduled for today.) I [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 7:05pm EST

  • Democrats highlight GOP candidate dispute over gas tax

    The Iowa Democratic Party has posted video of a GOP event in eastern Iowa this past weekend.  It was an event at which State Representative Chris Rants of Sioux City, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said he'd been accosted (verbally) by a group of road builders.  According to Rants account of' [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 2:05pm EST

  • ITR idea: one president for UofI, ISU, UNI

    Iowans for Tax Relief president Ed Failor, Junior, has been writing a series of opinion pieces over the past few weeks.  He's floated ideas like privatizing the state's prison system, getting rid of the Iowa Department of Economic Development and a five-percent, across-the-board cut in the salaries of employees in [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 2:05pm EST

  • “Iowa Poll” sparks discussion in GOP

    One thing candidates do in order to woo voters is lay out their "vision" for the country, the state, the city, or the district they hope to be given the chance to govern.  It's sort of a "to do" list and sometimes it includes a "not to do" list or a [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:14pm EST

  • It’s House versus Senate

    Many of the battles at the statehouse are partisan in nature, pitting Republicans against Democrats.  But sometimes -- particularly in the close-down hours of a legislative session -- the battles feature one chamber against another, the House against the Senate.  Sometimes, there are no partisan lines and there's unanimity.  That seems [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 2:22pm EST

  • Weekend wrap up

    A Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll conducted last week and released Saturday suggests Governor Chet Culver faces a tough reelection year in 2010.  The Register's headline used the word "vulnerability."  On Sunday, Iowa Poll data on Senator Chuck Grassley was released.  The headline on that story uses the words "hubbub" and "still popular."  Those [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 10:05am EST

  • You callin’ me a trial lawyer?

    Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo, Iowa, was called upon to deliver the Democrats' response to a Republican alternative offered at the very close of the House health care debate last weekend.  As Braley talked, some of the Republicans yelled "trial lawyer" at him.  I just asked him about' [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 1:20pm EST

  • Corning “robocall” on gay marriage

    Former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Joy Corning -- who describes herself as a "moderate Republican" -- has recorded a telephone message for One Iowa, a group that supports same-sex marriage. "Hi, this is former Lieutenant Governor Joy Corning," the recording begins.  "Iowa has a well-deserved reputation for being open-minded and fair. That's why I'm proud" [...]
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    Fetched: November 11, 2009, 6:22pm EST

  • A Friday the 13th announcement

    This Friday night in Ames supporters of Texas Congressman Ron Paul will be crossing paths with fans of Skillet, a Christian Band making a stop in Ames on their "Awake and Alive" tour.  It has prompted officials at the Iowa State Center to issue an advisory.  Read it below. Stephens Auditorium PARKING ANNOUNCEMENT Ames ¬ [...]
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    Fetched: November 11, 2009, 3:16pm EST

  • Group salutes Iowa voting process for soldiers

    The Overseas Vote Foundation has issued a report and Iowa is number one among the states when it comes to making it easy for active duty soldiers to exercise their right to vote.  Read the release below. REPORT NAMES IOWA TOP STATE IN MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTING DES MOINES – Secretary of [...]
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    Fetched: November 10, 2009, 8:16pm EST

  • Vilsack is headliner for Braley fundraiser

    Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, President Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, is coming back to Iowa this weekend to headline a fundraiser for a fellow lawyer.  I caught the end of a dust-up on the House floor and wrote a bit about Braley's role in the verbal fracas yesterday.  Today, Ed Tibbetts [...]
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    Fetched: November 10, 2009, 10:03am EST

  • Palin to stop in Iowa on book tour

    A news release posted on the Barnes & Noble website announces former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will make her first book signing appearance in Iowa on Sunday, December 6, 2009.  The Barnes & Noble store she'll visit is in Sioux City. Mike Huckabee, winner of the 2008 Iowa Caucuses, visited three' [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:05pm EST

  • AFSCME news conference

    AFSCME Council 61 president Danny Homan is due to speak at a one p.m.  news conference to discuss details of the "understanding" between AFSCME and state managers that would avoid the layoff of 479 state workers.  The greatest concession would be a salary reduction of $22.7 million achieved by having 20,000 state workers take furlough [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 2:24pm EST

  • A deal!

    This just released from the governor's office (upstaging the 1pm news conference): GOVERNOR CHET CULVER AND DANNY HOMAN, PRESIDENT AFSCME/IOWA COUNCIL 61, ANNOUNCE TERMS OF AN UNDERSTANDING TO SAVE STATE JOBS DES MOINES -- The State of Iowa and AFSCME/Iowa Council 61 have reached an Understanding to protect 479 AFSCME state jobs [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 12:28pm EST

  • Deal or no deal?

    An announcement, early this afternoon, will reveal whether the union representing the largest share of state workers will agree to reopen its contract and agree to pay and/or benefit reductions in order to avoid massive layoffs among the ranks of workers in the Departments of Corrections and Public Safety.  The advisory [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 12:28pm EST

  • Conlin files paperwork for US Senate bid

    A news release was just issued this morning, confirming Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin will run for the Democraticy Party's 2010 U.S. Senate nomination. Conlin has recorded a video that's posted online to announce her move -- something Hillary Clinton did in January of 2007 to announce her bid for the [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 10:05am EST

  • Huckabee signs books in WDM

    "The reason I'm here is that it makes sense for me, on a book tour, to come to Iowa. I do not have any political plans for the moment.  I really don't. Everyone assumes I do, but if you looked at my schedule you'd know I don't have time right now to sit" [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 10:05am EST

  • Huckabee signs books in WDM

    "The reason I'm here is that it makes sense for me, on a book tour, to come to Iowa. I do not have any political plans for the moment.  I really don't. Everyone assumes I do, but if you looked at my schedule you'd know I don't have time right now to sit" [...]
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    Fetched: November 09, 2009, 11:21pm EST

  • Iowa delegate splits, 3-2, on health care reform bill

    Iowa's five congressmen voted along party lines this weekend on the health care reform plan debated in the U.S. House Saturday, with the three Democrats (Bruce Braley of Waterloo; Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon & Leonard Boswell of Des Moines) voting yes and the two Republicans (Tom Latham of Ames [...]
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    Fetched: November 08, 2009, 2:06am EST

  • 2010 Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidates take stage

    The Iowa Republican Party's gubernatorial candidates for 2010 will share the stage this evening.  Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was the keynote speaker for this event and he finished shortly after seven o'clock.  Next, each of the gubernatorial candidates will be given 10 minutes behind the microphone. The first to speak: State Senator Jerry Behn of [...]
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    Fetched: November 07, 2009, 10:04pm EST

  • Pawlenty @ Iowa GOP event

    [caption id="attachment_2013" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty"][/caption] The crowd is entering a meeting hall on the Iowa State Fairgrounds at this hour.  Each ticket holder paid $25.  What do they get for $25?  A hot dog, a bag of chips, a cookie & a couple of hours-worth of political speeches.  [...]
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    Fetched: November 07, 2009, 6:20pm EST

  • Iowa Tea Party statewide convention

    Doors to the venue in Hy-Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines opened at noon today and "tea party" activists began trickling in for their state convention.  Attendance may have been dampened by the 11 o'clock kick-off of the Iowa/Northwestern game, the incredibly warm weather, the need to haul in the' [...]
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    Fetched: November 07, 2009, 6:20pm EST

  • Iowa Tea Party statewide convention

    Doors to the venue in Hy-Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines opened at noon today and "tea party" activists began trickling in for their state convention.  Attendance may have been dampened by the 11 o'clock kick-off of the Iowa/Northwestern game, the incredibly warm weather, the need to haul in the' [...]
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    Fetched: November 07, 2009, 3:03pm EST

  • (Not really a) Surprise? McKinley drops out

    State Senator Paul McKinley, a Republican from Chariton who serves as the Iowa Senate's Minority Leader, said in July that he would explore the idea of running for governor.  While other candidates appeared at numerous party events and forums over the past four months to advance their candidacies, McKinley did [...]
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    Fetched: November 06, 2009, 3:04pm EST

  • Conlin aide tells AP: next week

    The Associated Press is running a story indicating Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin has moved from "leaning heavily" to "will file" to run for the U.S. Senate.  Conlin, a Democrat, would face two other Democrats who announced this summer they'd run for their party's nomination for one of Iowa's U.S.' [...]
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    Fetched: November 06, 2009, 11:04am EST

  • Thursday Night Potpourri

    In no particular order, here are some items which bounce the "bloggable" meter: Wondering what announcement may come tomorrow (Friday, November 6, 2009) about state worker layoffs?  That's the deadline date Governor Culver issued for three state employee unions to make a decision about reopening their contracts or they'll face layoffs. Troy Price,' [...]
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    Fetched: November 05, 2009, 8:04pm EST

  • US Senate candidate “coming out” party

    Iowa Democratic Party officials say it's a "first" for the IDP.  The party plans an "after-party" following the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on Saturday, November 21 event which will feature Vice President Joe Biden as keynote speaker.  This will be the event where IDP chairman Michael Kiernan's "first-round draft pick" will [...]
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    Fetched: November 04, 2009, 4:03pm EST

  • Pawlenty on running for president

    "I haven't ruled anything in and I haven't ruled anything out.  I really don't know the answer to what I'm going to be doing after I'm done being governor." -- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on 11/04/09. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty spoke with Iowa reporters by phone late this morning, previewing his' [...]
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    Fetched: November 04, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • T-Paw on NY 23 race

    Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty spoke with Iowa reporters late this morning (in advance of his appearance at a Republican Party of Iowa gala on Saturday night) and he answered a couple of questions (from me) about the outcome in New York's 23rd congressional district.  As you may know, Pawlenty endorsed [...]
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    Fetched: November 04, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • Welcome to the 24/7 world, Governor Branstad

    Former Governor Terry Branstad's last campaign was in 1994 -- way before weblogs -- blogs.  The modern day candidate must survive in the Electronic Age and Branstad may be getting his first dose of that reality:  a meeting he held with a small group of conservative leaders has been written about, in detail, [...]
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    Fetched: November 02, 2009, 8:21pm EST

  • ICYMI: Branstad’s 1994 annoucement

    You can listen to former Governor Terry Branstad's 1994 campaign announcement here.  If you're just joining us, Branstad has made it clear he's going to seek a fifth term as governor in 2010.  Branstad made three essential campaign promises on that cold winter day back in 1994: ”My plan for the future' [...]
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    Fetched: November 02, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Two Iowa pols get new communications directors

    Former Governor Terry Branstad has hired well-known Iowa political operative Tim Albrecht as his communications director for a (more than likely/almost certain/who has any doubts?) 2010 race seeking a fifth term as governor.  Congressman Bruce Braley (D-Waterloo, Iowa) has hired a new communications director to replace Iowa native Jeff Giertz.  The new [...]
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    Fetched: November 02, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • State tax revenues dip again

    Read the Legislative Services Agency "Monthly Memo" on state tax receipts.  Personal income tax payments to the state were down 2.1 percent in October, 2009, compared to October, 2008.  Sales and use tax payments to the state were down 18.2 percent in the October, 2009, to October, 2008 comparison.  In the [...]
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    Fetched: November 02, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • State rep falls ill in Turkey

    State Representative Paul Bell (D-Newton) fell ill while overseas and has returned to the US for tests. Radio station KCOB in Newton has the details. [...]
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    Fetched: November 02, 2009, 3:14pm EST
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