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Dec 3, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Al Charlson |Diane Porter
Three takes on Iowa's 2024 general election turnout Tuesday, Dec 3 2024 0 Comments Ninth in a series interpreting the results of Iowa’s 2024 state and federal elections. With the 2024 election results finalized following the December 2 meeting of the State Board of Canvass, we know the basics about Iowa’s general election turnout.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Al Charlson |Diane Porter
Iowa is definitely no longer a swing state Monday, Dec 2 2024 0 Comments Eighth in a series interpreting the results of Iowa’s 2024 state and federal elections. Iowans could reasonably view the 2016 general election as an anomaly. Diverging sharply from the national mood, this state voted for Donald Trump by more than a 9-point margin, even as Hillary Clinton won the nationwide popular vote by a little more than 2 points.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Rick Morain |Al Charlson |Laura Belin |Diane Porter
Rick Morain is the former publisher and owner of the Jefferson Herald, for which he writes a regular column. President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key positions in government suggest that he envisions his cabinet playing a very different role from past administrations. Most of Trump’s nominees have relatively little administrative experience or familiarity with the duties and obligations of the departments they will lead, if confirmed.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Al Charlson |Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Randy Evans
Al Charlson is a North Central Iowa farm kid, lifelong Iowan, and retired bank trust officer. The Bremer County Independent previously published a version of this commentary. This is not the column I planned to write. Economics and government tax and spending policy are my primary opinion writing focus, and there’s plenty to talk about. But I’ll get back to that another time. I am compelled to write now about immigration and the incoming administration’s plans for mass deportation.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Randy Evans |Rachel Bruns
Governor appoints Dustin Hite as District Court judge Friday, Nov 29 2024 0 Comments Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed former State Representative Dustin Hite as a District Court judge. The governor’s office announced the appointment on November 29, one day before the end of the 30-day window for Reynolds to name either Hite or the other nominee for the position, Keokuk County attorney Amber Thompson.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Diane Porter |Randy Evans |Laura Belin |Rachel Bruns
Wild petunias and their springing seeds Wednesday, Nov 27 2024 0 Comments Note from Laura Belin: Bleeding Heartland’s Iowa wildflower Wednesday series is going on winter hiatus and will return sometime in the spring of 2025. You can find all past posts focusing on specific plants here, and posts featuring many wildflowers found in one natural area here.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rachel Bruns |Bruce Lear |Diane Porter
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst will be a leading Congressional partner of President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to drastically cut federal spending.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Rachel Bruns |Bruce Lear |Laura Belin |Diane Porter
Rachel Bruns is a volunteer advocate for quality maternal health care in Iowa. As the phrase “your body, my choice” has infiltrated social media in the days following the 2024 presidential election, Linda Crownover-Inch, the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of Quad Cities chapter leader and a doula, posted the following on Facebook:There is one place where this phrase has been accepted and normalized for decades and will not disappear until people rise up and face it head on.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor
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] Some things are hard to predict. Why is my cell phone obsolete after a month? Which Hawkeye quarterback will play Saturday?
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor |Randy Evans
State Senator Janice Weiner will be the new leader of Iowa Senate Democrats, replacing State Senator Pam Jochum, who did not seek re-election this year. Weiner “grew up in a politically aware family in Coralville” and was a career Foreign Services officer with the U.S. State Department before moving back to Iowa in 2015. She represents Iowa Senate district 45, the chamber’s bluest district, covering Iowa City and University Heights in Johnson County.
