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Judicial ousting efforts may see push back
Come next fall, there will be more than just television ads pitting red against blue, liberals and conservatives. Activist groups on the both sides of the aisle are expected to battle it out over a...
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Family Leader says support ‘unprecedented,’ won’t release amounts
Officials from the conservative activist group The Family Leader are choosing to stay mum on donation amounts they have accumulated in recent weeks in light a protest petition against their leader Bob...
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Statements, vigil locations for Marcellus Andrews
Several demonstrations and candlelight vigils are taking place Thursday evening in memory of a 19-year-old Waterloo man who died over the weekend following a violent attack. Marcellus Richard Andrews...
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Groups want IFPC to return taxpayer funds
Two Iowa groups are calling on The Family Leader to return $2.2 million in federal taxpayer funds it received over a period of years to provide marriage counseling in the wake of reports that portions...
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Special Senate election mired in marriage
Iowa partisans are going about the business of recruiting or nominating candidates for a special election in Iowa Senate District 18, but what’s at stake goes far beyond the boundaries of the small...
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Ethical questions smolder around IFPC’s taxpayer assistance
The Iowa Family Policy Center, a division of The Family Leader, did not comply with federal-grant protocol when it relinquished the last year of federal funding it received for a controversial...
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Communication, education key to defending Iowa’s courts
Communication and education will likely be key to defending Iowa’s merit selection judicial nominating process and avoiding judges being voted out of office for political reasons in the future, several...
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Judge Hanson will ‘blast’ his way through Iowa’s gay marriage controversy
Polk County District Court Judge Robert Hanson says he’s “elected to kick the door in” on the controversy surrounding his and the Iowa Supreme Court’s decisions to uphold marriage rights for same-sex...
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Panelists: Judicial retention, impeachment processes misused
Legislators and social conservative activists misused the state’s judicial retention elections in order to attack judges that upheld the rights of same-sex couples, several people familiar with the...
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Mathis wins, Democrats maintain Senate control
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012. Liz Mathis, 43, won a clear victory in a special election Tuesday by earning 13,184...
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