06 Feb 2026

First-Ever Gubernatorial Republican Primary Forum Held in Scott County Was Educational and Substantive

By Todd McGreevy
Scott County GOP Primary Governor Candidate Forum Eldridge Iowa Jan 22 2026

On January 22, 2026, the Scott and Muscatine GOP county parties co-hosted a 2026 Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Forum live in Eldridge, Iowa. The event was the first of its kind in Iowa's history and the first time any substantive questions were presented to Republican want to be governor candidates in a primary race in more than 20 years.

04 Feb 2026

Specialized Legislation to Ban Eminent Domain Magically Gives That Power to Private Companies

By Kathleen McCarthy
Iowa Drone Surveillance May Become Warrantless and Admissible as Evidence in a Court of Law

Two rights-crushing bills are currently moving through the Iowa Legislature this session for possible passage and the Governor's signature. The typical lack of concern for Iowans' interest characterizes our faux representative governance in the 21st Century, thanks in large measure to We the People's equally crushing apathy.

30 Jan 2026

Excerpts from the Iowa ACLU ALPR Report: Scott County Sheriff's Office Shines

By Todd McGreevy
Automated License Plate Readers in Iowa: Review and Recommendations by ACLU Iowa Dec 2026

The ACLU's 63-page report released last month is a very valuable and exhaustive work product that every elected official who has an oath of office to uphold the state and federal constitution, and protect the governed who consented to have their rights protected, should read.

20 Jan 2026

Get The Flock Out!

By Brooklyn Draisey

Iowa Government Entities Should Get Out of License Plate Surveillance Contracts

Iowa ACLU and University of Iowa Technical Law Clinic Release Exhaustive and Alarming Report on Automatic License Plate Readers Statewide

Local governments in Iowa should pause the use of automated license plate readers, civil rights advocates said last month, arguing the devices infringe on the privacy of drivers who have not violated any laws.

16 Dec 2025

Living & Loving Golf: Franklin “Whitey” Barnard Inducted into Iowa Golf Hall of Fame

By Barbara Stein and Craig DeVrieze

Whitey’s entire life was shaped by the game of golf. Growing up during the Great Depression with a single mother who worked 12-hour shifts to care for her three children – with little help and no car – Whitey’s story is one of resilience and determination.

05 Oct 2025

Eerie Iowa: The Hawkeye State's Darker Side

By Bruce Walters
Eerie Iowa: The darker side of the Hawkeye state.

Overhead, Iowa's landscape is a quilt of green patches of cornfields stitched together by highways that connect its 934 cities. It’s a picturesque Grant Wood painting of rural America. But from the ground, these fields feel very different.

05 Sep 2025

Is DEI Really DOA in Iowa?: University Employees in Violation of Anti-DEI Laws Should Be Fired, Two Lawmakers Say

By Brooklyn Draisey

Two GOP lawmakers at the state and federal level are calling on public university leaders to fire anyone found to have violated laws banning diversity, equity, and inclusion in college classrooms and beyond.

27 Aug 2025

One Hundred Land Owners' CO2 Pipeline Trial Against Iowa Utilities Commission on Horizon: The Iowa Utilities Commission Resumes Monthly Public Meetings Since Pause in 2023

By Cami Koons

The Iowa Utilities Commission, on August 20, held its first monthly public commission meeting since August 2023, and heard public comment from landowners opposed to the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline.

06 Jul 2025

Restoring the People's Authority for Elections Is Now or Never

By Kathleen McCarthy
Captain Seth Keshel Repariing America's Broken Elections Lihue-Hawai'k March 9.2023.

No amount of media manipulation of election coverage, past or present, can restore the trust that has been lost relative to the security, fairness, and authenticity of U.S. elections, especially in the last decade. The election bureaucracy, in full cooperation with mainstream media, have maintained a pathological denial and suppression of widespread irregularities, including compelling supporting evidence, dooming its credibility going forward.

05 Jul 2025

Iowa's Fangless Watchdogs: The GAO, Which Saves Taxpayers Billions of Dollars Per Year, Is Under Threat, but the So-called Fiscal Conservatives in Congress Keep Mum

By Ed Tibbetts
Government Accountability Office Frontage 2022

Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation love to cite the GAO. Since the dawn of DOGE, they have increasingly styled themselves as watchdogs against wasteful government spending. And in the process, they frequently turn to Government Accountability Office reports to criticize government spending. Why wouldn’t they? The GAO, along with inspectors general, are the ultimate pros at finding waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.

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