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Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
4h ago
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is calling for a change that would let 18, 19 and 20 year olds with a commercial driver’s license be cross-country truckers — to address a national shortage of interstate truck drivers. Federal regulations currently require truckers who travel from state-to-state to be at least 21 years old. “Having more truckers ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
16h ago
CNN has announced it will host a debate on January 10 in Des Moines for GOP presidential candidates who have at least 10% support in three polls. One of the polls must be of likely Iowa Caucus-goers. Three of the candidates who debated last night in Alabama are heading to Iowa to campaign. Nikki Haley ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
2d ago
More community leaders are calling for action surrounding a Woodbury County supervisor whose wife was convicted last month of voter fraud. At last night’s county board meeting, two unions representing law enforcement and labor called for the resignation of Jeremy Taylor, who was first elected to the all-Republican board in 2014. Taylor wasn’t swayed. “I ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Fourth District Congressman, Randy Feenstra, says his constituents are concerned about the country’s economic situation. “Tell you what, the number one thing I’m hearing right now is the economy and the national debt which is causing inflation. Obviously, people want to buy a house we’re at eight percent interest rate and CBS reported medical costs ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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A federal judge has permanently blocked two Iowa counties from enforcing ordinances that would have set restrictions for carbon pipelines. The ordinances in Shelby and Story Counties set zones around homes, schools and city limits through which pipelines were not to pass. The counties also sought to force Summit Carbon Solutions to provide county-specific emergency ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says new investigations show money may still be hidden that German government and military leaders stole during the wartime years of the early 1940s. Grassley, who serves on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, says he’s stunned there’s still some plundered funds that haven’t been returned to the ancestors of those who ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
4d ago
North Dakota Doug Burgum has ended his presidential campaign. Burgum did not meet the polling threshold for Wednesday’s debate for GOP candidates. Burgum, who did not qualify for the debate in November, either, said the Republican National Committee’s requirements are “nationalizing the primary process and taking the power of democracy away from the engaged, thoughtful ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is co-sponsoring a bill that would make members of the U.S. House and Senate who are expelled ineligible for a congressional pension. “No one should be serving in congress, be excommunicated and removed from congress and still be able to draw on a pension,” Nunn said this morning during a news ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
4d ago
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is pushing a couple of measures she says would address issues at the southern border. The Republican from Marion says the Biden Administration has created the border crisis. “The border patrol’s Del Rio sector, which I have visited, they have arrested at least 21 child sex predators crossing the border illegally ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
5d ago
There are just six weeks left in the Iowa Caucus campaign season and two of the leading candidates made their case directly to Iowans this past weekend. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke to a crowd in Newton Saturday, marking Jasper County as the 99th one he’s visited. “Are you ready to make history, Iowa?” DeSantis ..read more