Two political summits set up shop in the first-in-the-nation caucus state over the weekend. Hillary Clinton received the loudest applause of the candidates at the Iowa Democratic Party Dinner in Cedar Rapids. Donald Trump received the most negative attention for the press for commenting on John McCain. Trump criticized McCain for “doing nothing” for the…… MORE
All ten Republican presidential candidates that graced the stage of Stephens Auditorium in Ames during Saturday’s Family Leadership Summit agreed on many fronts, but one of the overlying themes of their statements was the need for a new kind of leadership in the White House. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said he wants new leadership…… MORE
Several Republican presidential candidates have come out against fellow contender Donald Trump’s negative remarks about Senator John McCain’s war hero status after Trump said McCain is only a war here “because he was captured.” One candidate who refused to comment on Trump’s statements was Dr. Ben Carson. In a media press conference following his…… MORE
It’s a political star-packed weekend in Iowa, with the Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame dinner tonight in Cedar Rapids. And the Family Leadership Summit in Ames tomorrow draws in the Republican presidential hopefuls. Iowa lawmakers have been concerned about the governor eliminating the state’s mental health hospitals…but it appears a Tennessee-based company may bring a…… MORE
Three siblings of Eddie Tipton took the stand yesterday in his Hot Lotto fraud trial. The three all said the person in the video buying the winning ticket could not have been their brother. Tipton is accused of rigging a lottery computer so he could get the winning ticket, and having someone else claim it…… MORE
Iowa’s medical pot oil program is costing the state 115-thousand dollars so far. That’s what it paid Morpho Trust to design and create the cards needed to register for the program. The card program has faced criticism that it’s cumbersome and largely useless.… MORE
Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley made a few stops in the metro before heading to Cedar Falls to attend the Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame dinner tomorrow night. In a sit-down interview before heading to an round table discussion with immigration leaders on Thursday, O’Malley talked about how his nearly two-month old campaign is…… MORE
Former lottery IT security director Eddie Tipton’s former coworkers looked at the video from the store at which a winning Hot Lotto ticket was purchased and said it was Tipton buying the ticket. One of the witnesses said the video made him feel sick because he had helped Tipton get a job with the lottery.…… MORE
University of Iowa administrators are tabling three energy conservation projects in order to focus on the school’s upcoming budget. The projects would have improved energy efficiency at numerous sites on campus…but officials say they want to decrease student expenses first.… MORE
The head of IDOT says they’re waiting on 600-million dollars’ worth of transportation projects that are supposed to be funded in part with federal highway dollars. Congress has an August 1st deadline to make a decision on the highway funding program.… MORE
