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Posted Aug 30, 2021, 3:26 pm
Laura Olson
/Arizona Mirror
Federal education officials have launched civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states that have prohibited school districts from mandating mask-wearing.... Read more»
Posted Oct 20, 2020, 3:06 pm
Christine Vestal
/Stateline
The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds or lack the intensive care units for more than one or two seriously ill patients.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2020, 7:51 pm
Matt Vasilogambros
/Stateline
Taking time out from overseeing Virginia’s response to the pandemic, Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed a slate of bills: requiring universal background checks on firearm purchases, restricting handgun purchases to one a month and allowing law enforcement to seize guns from people who may be a risk to themselves or others.... Read more»
Posted Feb 4, 2020, 1:01 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
It's time for the Hawkeyes to start figuring out what Super Tuesday balloting feels like and I got just the state to take it's place. It's hot. It's dry. It's neither corn-based nor high-fructose and it's got a pair of rainbow shades.... Read more»
Posted Dec 7, 2015, 11:10 am
Patrick Svitek
/Texas Tribune
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has taken his first-ever lead in an early state poll, surging past billionaire Donald Trump to the no. 1 spot in Iowa. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 6, 2015, 10:40 am
Michael Anderson
/IowaWatch.org
Donors big and small alike are pulling out their wallets in Iowa to support their candidates for the 2016 presidential election, but their contributions amount to little more than a drop in the bucket. “When candidates come to Iowa, fundraising is not their primary purpose. This isn’t where the big bucks are, this is where the caucus-goers are."... Read more»
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Posted Jan 24, 2013, 10:31 am
Julia Shumway
/Cronkite News Service
Rep. Phil Lovas, R-Peoria, says the change would give Arizona a bigger say in presidential politics and more candidates to look at. But it likely also would result in sanctions from national parties, as happened with the state's delegation to the 2012 Republican National Convention.... Read more»
Posted Jun 1, 2012, 11:30 am
Caitlin Ginley
/Center for Public Integrity
Some open records laws are filled with hundreds of exceptions, buried in state codebooks to the point where it’s difficult to keep track of what the exceptions are and just how they got there.... Read more»
Posted Feb 13, 2012, 7:16 pm
Global Post
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire signed same-sex marriage into law on Monday, making Washington the seventh state to recognize gay and lesbian unions.... Read more»
Posted Jan 4, 2012, 3:18 pm
Emily Ramshaw & Jay Root/Texas Tribune
Despite a disappointing fifth-place finish in Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses that led Rick Perry to say he was returning home to Texas to reassess his candidacy, the Texas governor surprised everyone — including some of his own staff — by announcing this morning that he would stay in the race.... Read more»
Posted Jan 2, 2012, 11:02 am
Jean MacKenzie
/GlobalPost
Welcome to Iowa, whose motto, "1st in the Nation", refers to its jealously guarded prerogative of being the first state to officially pick the frontrunners from the presidential pack, through a statewide system of caucuses.... Read more»
Posted Jan 2, 2012, 10:23 am
Morgan Smith
/Texas Tribune
If Gov. Rick Perry falls short in the Iowa caucuses, an increasingly likely outcome, there may be a feeling among frustrated supporters and objective observers alike: He could have had this. ... Read more»
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Posted Dec 29, 2011, 5:22 pm
Roberto De Vido
/politicomix
It appears to be Rick Santorum's turn to challenge Mitt Romney as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 29, 2011, 10:45 am
Kyle Kim
/Global Post
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann received a big blow to her GOP presidential campaign when her top Iowa advisor announced Wednesday night that he would ditch her for Ron Paul of Texas.... Read more»
Posted Dec 22, 2011, 1:48 pm
Global Post
Newt Gingrich was heckled at an endorsement event in Iowa on Wednesday and reportedly chased out of the Iowa Capitol building. The 2012 Republican presidential candidate had been in Des Moines to receive endorsement of one of Iowa’s top political leaders,
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Posted Dec 12, 2011, 11:40 am
Factcheck.org
False and misleading claims were flying again at the latest Republican presidential candidates' debate in Iowa. (with video of full debate)... Read more»