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1 week ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rob Sand |Randy Evans |Bruce Lear
“The working class has been working their ass off every day to survive and make ends meet for their families,” Nathan Sage told me this week. Making working people’s lives better is the driving force of his U.S. Senate campaign. At least four Democrats are thinking seriously about running against two-term Republican incumbent Joni Ernst. Sage was the first to make it official, on April 16.
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1 week ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Rob Sand |Randy Evans |Bruce Lear |Laura Belin
Rob Sand is Iowa’s state auditor. Recently, an argument has been going around that goes like this: private schools are accredited to teach students, therefore they’re accountable to taxpayers. This claim ignores that being accredited as an academic institution has nothing to do with how an entity spends money. Accredited private schools taking vouchers still have no rules for how they spend tax dollars, and no audits either.
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1 week ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Randy Evans |Bruce Lear |Laura Belin |Sue Dinsdale
Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes openness and transparency in Iowa’s state and local governments. He can be reached at [email protected]. A constitutional showdown taking shape in southern Iowa’s Decatur County could put taxpayers on the hook financially to defend the county’s efforts to silence a critic of public officials there.
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2 weeks ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear
Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 years until retiring. He can be reached at [email protected] If you ask an Iowa educator what they need to be successful, you’ll get a list of things like, time to prepare, no legislative attacks, parental support, adequate supplies, administrative backing, and adequate school funding.
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3 weeks ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rod Sullivan |Bruce Lear |Bernie Scolaro
Dave Price had the scoop for Gray Media on March 28: State Senator Zach Wahls is “certainly listening” to those who have encouraged him to run for U.S. Senate in 2026. Wahls is the first Democrat to publicly express interest in this race. Two-term Senator Joni Ernst has not formally launched her re-election campaign but is widely expected to seek a third term. Wahls told Price he will decide whether to run for higher office after the Iowa legislative session.
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3 weeks ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Rod Sullivan |Bruce Lear |Bernie Scolaro |Randy Evans
Rod Sullivan is a Johnson County supervisor. I searched the word “Medicaid” in my archive. I was shocked to find how much I have written on the topic—tens of thousands of words over the years. Why have I written so much about Medicaid? For one, you write what you know. I used to work in the Iowa Medicaid program. Even though that was several years ago, I know Medicaid quite well. That is why the Republican scheme to cut the program upsets me so much.
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3 weeks ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Bernie Scolaro |Randy Evans
Jacqui Daniels, founder of Daniels PR, works with authors and publishing companies to promote new books and support literary talents. The Holocaust is a profound chapter in human history, and its lessons are more relevant than ever. On April 7, at 6 PM, Dr. Alex Kor will deliver a deeply personal talk, “Reflecting on My Parents’ Holocaust Journeys: Finding Forgiveness and Celebrating My Family’s Legacy,” at Iowa State University‘s Great Hall in the Memorial Union.
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4 weeks ago | 
thegazette.com | Bruce Lear
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Dear Senators and Representatives from both Political Parties: I know your job is difficult. I’d hate coming to work where I’m expected, at least in public, to despise almost half my coworkers just because we disagree. One side knows the republic hangs in the balance but can’t decide how to cut it down to keep it from choking.
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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Jeff Morrison |John Hale |Clark Kauffman |Bruce Lear
Jeff Morrison is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative and the publisher of the Between Two Rivers newsletter, where this article first appeared. Find more of his work at betweentworivers.substack.com and iowahighwayends.net. COVID-19 whacked the Iowa newspaper industry hard. Between March 13 and June 15, 2020, a combined 30 days’ worth of issues across sixteen Iowa communities vanished. However, 2019 had seen its own share of print reductions.
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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | John Hale |Terri Hale |Clark Kauffman |Bruce Lear
If you're not scared about Social Security, you should be Friday, Mar 21 2025 0 Comments John and Terri Hale own The Hale Group, advocating for older Iowans and people with disabilities. John worked for the Social Security Administration for 25 years in its Baltimore headquarters, Kansas City regional office, and in multiple Iowa field offices. Contact: [email protected] Social Security program is 89 years old. Seventy-two million Americans currently receive a monthly benefit.
