08 Oct 2025

Bettendorf School Board Candidate Forum October 22

By Celeste Miller

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 8, 2025) — The public is invited to attend a Bettendorf School Board Candidate Forum at 6:30PM, on Wednesday, October 22, moderated and broadcast by KWQC-TV6.

The forum, hosted by the Bettendorf Community School District, will take place at the Bettendorf High School Performing Arts Center, 3333 18th Street.

This year, eight candidates are running for four open seats on the Board of Education:

08 Oct 2025

Attorney General Brenna Bird Questions Meta on Distribution of October 7 Videos

By Jen Green

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 8, 2025) — Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of twelve states urging Meta to answer questions about the seemingly-unfettered distribution of graphic livestreams and videos on Facebook and Instagram of the violent terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.

08 Oct 2025

David Waterman, Leif Olson Confirmed as Iowa’s US Attorneys

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (October 8, 2025) — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today welcomed the confirmation of David Waterman to be the US At

07 Oct 2025

Davenport Election Forum to Spotlight City Candidates October 29

By Brian Kramer

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 7, 2025) — With the city primary now behind them, Davenport voters can look ahead to the Davenport City Elections Candidate Forum, 6-8PM (doors open at 5:30PM) to hear directly from those seeking office. A public candidate forum will be held on Wednesday, October 29, 6-8PM, at St Ambrose University’s Rogalski Center.

03 Oct 2025

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Continues Fight to Protect Kids from Social Media Harm

By Jen Green

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 3, 2025) — Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced that she joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 states and the District of Columbia to support a Georgia law that limits addictive practices directed at minors by social media companies.

01 Oct 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Appoints Mark Campbell to Lead the Iowa Department of Administrative Services

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 1, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced she has appointed Mark Campbell as director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services effective October 6, 2025.

A Fort Dodge native, Campbell is a small-business-owner who has also served his community for more than a decade as a Webster County Supervisor from 2013 to 2024.

04 Aug 2025

Moline Resident Kermit Thomas Announces Bid for State Representative in Illinois’s 71st District

By Merit Pages

MILAN, ILLINOIS (August 4, 2025) — Kermit Thomas has been a Quad City resident since 2013, raising his three children as a single father in Moline. For twenty-seven years, he served our country as an Army Logistics Officer. Now it is time for him to serve the great and hardworking people of western Illinois.

30 Jun 2025

New Trump Administration Report Finds Iowa Tied for Worst Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Decline in the Nation

By Rob Sand for Iowa Press

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 30, 2025) — A new report published over the weekend by the Trump administration’s Bureau of Economic Analysis found that Iowa’s real gross domestic product shrank at the worst rate in the nation in the first quarter, declining by 6.1 percent.

13 Jun 2025

After Israeli Strikes on Iran, Libertarian Party of Iowa Slams Statehouse Inaction on Defend the Guard Bill

By Libertarian Party of Iowa

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 13, 2025) — As nearly 2,000 Iowa National Guard troops are being deployed to the Middle East amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, the Libertarian Party of Iowa is renewing its call for urgent action on Defend the Guard legislation.

13 Jun 2025

Indivisible QC Partners with Local Organizations to Host “No Kings” Protest in Rock Island

By Bradley Levinson

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2025) — Thousands are expected to gather at Schwiebert Riverfront Park on Saturday, June 14, 1-3PM, to give voice to grave concerns about the erosion of democracy and human rights under the Trump administration.

“Ours is a movement for people who are determined to turn fear, anger, and grief into action,” says Indivisible QC founder Victoria Masters.

“We’re here to hold each other up, protect each other, and fight for our values.”

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