by Aimee Keane | Nov 4, 2014 | Midterm Election 2014
IOWA CITY, Iowa — On a quiet residential street in Johnson County Monday afternoon, Bruce Braley volunteers congregated on the front porch of Robin and Rick Chambers’ home, eagerly awaiting their U.S. Senate candidate’s arrival. Rep. Braley, a Democrat who is...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 27, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – You would need $75 minimum and at least nine hours of travel time to get from Chicago to Omaha aboard an Amtrak train cutting across southern Iowa and missing most of the state’s major cities. Not very convenient, or efficient. If Gov. Terry Branstad and...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 9, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – There were red velvet cupcakes, chicken taquitos and a mannequin front and center in the White House East Room Wednesday as first lady Michelle Obama dished about her favorite designers before pushing the group of students to get a good education —...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 7, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Iowa City police have identified a Chinese national as a “person of interest” in the slaying of an Iowa State University student last month, but the individual, if charged, may never be brought to justice in this country. That is because the United...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 1, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — A new report from the International Monetary Fund says tying executive compensation more closely to risk would curb the excess risk-taking that contributed to the global financial crisis. The research, in the analytical chapters of the global...
