Applicants for opening on Iowa Court of Appeals
Twenty-six individuals have applied for the opening on the Iowa Supreme Court. That opening was created when Governor Branstad appointed Appeals Court Judge Edward Mansfield to the Iowa Supreme Court...
View ArticleIowans for Tax Relief issues statement
After a week of speculation, Iowans for Tax Relief founder David Stanley has issued a written statement about the departure of most of the ITR staff (president, vice president, statehouse lobbyist,...
View ArticleIowa’s governor, lieutenant governor react to bin Laden’s death (audio)
Governor Terry Branstad issued a written statement this morning. (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today released the following statement on the death of Osama bin Laden: “I am proud of our...
View ArticleBranstad says come on in, the water’s fine (audio)
Governor Terry Branstad today used his weekly statehouse news conference to prod the Republican presidential candidates to come campaign in Iowa. AUDIO: 20 min Branstad says Iowa’s Caucuses are “wide...
View ArticleBranstad says Gingrich is “in real trouble”
Governor Terry Branstad is the guest on this weekend’s Iowa Press on IPTV and he offered his analysis of the latest news from the presidential campaign trail. “I think his campaign’s in real trouble,”...
View ArticleThe politics of the state universities
The top two leaders of the Board of Regents — the nine-member board which governs the University of Iowa, Iowa State University & the University of Northern Iowa — have submitted their...
View ArticleBranstad, Reynolds RSVP regrets
Neither Iowa Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds nor Governor Terry Branstad will attend Texas Governor Rick Perry’s “Day of Prayer and Fasting” in Houston on August 6. “We are not making any plans to...
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Christie not “feeling it” about 2012 field (audio)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie just told a small group of reporters in Des Moines he may endorse a 2012 Republican presidential candidate. “If someone has distinguished themselves in a way on the...
View ArticlePerry gets Branstad’s praise, Huntsman gets an asterisk
Governor Terry Branstad, a man who has won six statewide races in Iowa, was asked for a little political analysis this morning at the end of his weekly statehouse news conference. When asked about the...
View ArticleGovernor says Iowans won’t “jump to any conclusions” about Cain
I had to file for noon-time newscasts in the middle of the late-morning National Association of Manufacturers forum in Pella, so I was unable to live blog the last three candidates to speak. Read the...
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