Iowa Guard unit returns home from Iraq
Approximately 130 soldiers from the 186th Military Police Company will return today from its recent deployment to Ira. A homecoming ceremony for the returning soldiers is scheduled for tonight at 7...
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Bill supporting military families stirs up partisan differences
Although a bill that would ease unemployment restrictions for military spouses who leave their jobs due to military reassignment passed in the Iowa House last week, the process may have deepened the...
View ArticleAmerican Legion lobbyist resigns in wake of partisan controversy
Former Republican lawmaker turned lobbyist Laverne Schroeder will no longer represent the Iowa American Legion amid controversy regarding a bill he registered “against” without the American Legion’s...
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Lt. Dan Choi: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is a ‘disease of shame’
Although Lt. Dan Choi’s current status in the military remains murky, one thing is clear: In his heart and mind the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is a poisonous disease that spreads beyond...
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Culver: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is not a state issue
A leading figure in the effort to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” called on Gov. Chet Culver last week to speak out on the need for the policy’s repeal, but the governor says the issue is beyond his...
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Obama’s promise for health care reform comes full circle
IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Barack Obama’s quest for enacting health care reform started in May 2007 when, as a presidential candidate, he first unveiled his plan for health care reform in Iowa City...
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Student loan reform has big Iowa implications
In 2008, students graduated from Iowa’s Regent universities with loans averaging $28,174 tagged to their futures, the second highest average among all 50 states. While the health care provisions in the...
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Fred Phelps to be greeted in Iowa by message of love
When Fred Phelps and members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Kansas, a fundamentalist group described by the Anti-Defamation League as “virulently homophobic,” bring their messages of hate to...
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Culver signs bills supporting Iowa’s military families
While more than 3,000 members of the Iowa National Guard make final preparations for deployment to Afghanistan later this year, Iowa lawmakers helped ease their transitions and deployments with the...
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Culver defends labor agreements for public projects
An executive order Gov. Chet Culver signed earlier this year is making its way into the gubernatorial campaign, as Republican challenger Terry Branstad and others critical of labor unions make the case...
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