Odds and ends, from debates to Glenn Beck
In no particular order, here are some items of political interest which have arrived in my email box this past week. Iowa Public Television to Broadcast Republican Gubernatorial Debate Saturday, May 1...
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Obama in Ottumwa
UPDATE: Here’s the Radio Iowa story of this event. What follows is a live blog. President Obama is due to speak later this afternoon in the student center on the Indian Hills Community College campus...
View ArticleThe “GOP3″ debate in Cedar Rapids
It’s 3:20 and in 10 minutes the three men seeking the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2010 nomination for governor will debate for 90 minutes here in this ballroom at a Cedar Rapids hotel. The event is...
View ArticleCulver kicks off reelection effort
Governor Chet Culver formally kicked off his 2010 reelection campaign this morning. You can listen to the speeches from Iowa Democratic Party chairman Michael Kiernan, Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge,...
View ArticleIowa Democratic Party’s state convention (AUDIO)
The Iowa Democratic Party’s convention started earlier this morning. It’s 11 o’clock and (gasp) they’re on schedule. Roxanne Conlin, the Democratic Party’s 2010 nominee for the U.S. Senate, is being...
View ArticleA week away
I’ve been away from the blog for a week. A lot of political hay has been made in that time, from Tom Vilsack’s firing of a black USDA employee to campaign cash reports to a senate committee’s vote on...
View ArticleThe current and former governor debate
Lee Enterprises and Citadel Communications are sponsoring tonight’s debate, which starts at 7 p.m. It’s being staged at the Orpheum Theater in Sioux City, airing live on TV stations KCAU in Sioux...
View ArticleCulver releases I-JOBS data for July
According to the Culver administration, 7502 people were working on I-JOBS-financed projects in July. Read the news release from the governor’s office below. Governor Culver: New I-JOBS Report Shows...
View ArticleNew head of Iowa Homeland Security/Emergency Management
Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge served as the Culver/Judge Administration’s point person on homeland security issues. During Governor-elect Terry Branstad’s previous tenure, Ellen Gordon served as...
View ArticleIowa senators react to bin Laden’s death
Iowa’s two U.S. Senators have issued statements about Osama bin Laden’s death. From Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA): “On a sunny September 11, 2001 our nation learned of Osama bin Laden and the...
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