Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Loebsack Rural Wireless Access Act Passes House

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed his legislation, the Rural Wireless Access Act. This bipartisan bill was incorporated into the larger Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Reauthorization Act, which passed the House … Continue reading

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How Sinclair Is Using Local News To Terrorize America

These are your local Sinclair stations in Iowa –  KGAN/KFXA Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque-Iowa City, KDSM-TV Des Moines,  KPTH Sioux City and KTVO Ottumwa-Kirksville, MO.   Find out more about Iowa and Sinclair here  here  here. mediamatters.org/ Local news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group … Continue reading

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Answering 538′s Gerrymandering Question

Follow this blog!  You won’t find it on Facebook or Twitter and as far as we can tell, you can’t subscribe to it. You have to actually go there. ### iowahighwayends.net/blog/ Political/statistical analysis website 538 says fixing gerrymandering is hard. … Continue reading

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Rep. Abdul-Samad Reflects On The Meaning Of Black History Month

“We have a long way to go, but it’s a winnable struggle if we do it together.”

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Teacher At MSD Teaches Students To Challenge Special Interests

    Much of the nation has been overwhelmed by the composure and courage of the students from Marjory Steadman Douglas High School. The courage they have shown in the face of the usual intimidating practices of NRA politicians and … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: Heckling Steve Mnuchin Edition

Steve Mnuchin, overlord of Dear Leader’s economy was heckled at UCLA last week. He asked that the video of the heckling not be made public. So we at blogforiowa.com feel that we should do our part to deny his request. Therefore … Continue reading

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History And The Current American Oligarchy 

One of the major problems of our over saturation of news and not so much news sources is that often much of what we are fed daily is a current update as if this is all happening in a vacuum … Continue reading

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Iowa Policy Project Analyzes Senate Budget Bill

As I have said so many times before, when it comes to thorough analysis on things fiscal in Iowa, no one comes close to the Iowa Policy Project and its partner Iowa Fiscal Partnership.   So when the Iowa state senate began … Continue reading

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Iowa Becomes Third World Country As GOP Pushes Forced Pregnancy Bill

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March 2018 Schedule Of Iowa Legislative Forums, Town Hall Meetings

Don’t miss out.  Go to a meeting! Ask questions, ask follow-up questions, get video. http://www.infonetiowa.org/calendar/events/ March 2018 03/02/2018 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Legislative Forum – Eagle Grove 03/02/2018 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Unleashing Opportunity – Waukon 03/02/2018 8:00 … Continue reading

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