by Kate Rooney | 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 Kate Rooney | Oct 23, 2014 | Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON- Lawsuits, million-dollar coaching salaries, and questionable oversight continue to drag down the NCAA’s reputation. College sports will face a day of reckoning, experts say, but first the games need a tough new supervisor— a “benevolent dictator,” maybe....
by Kate Rooney | Oct 21, 2014 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Attendance at committee meetings – the basic work of Congress – often surfaces as an issue in congressional campaigns. But political experts say campaign ads that solely highlight attendance records are missing the mark. In Iowa this year, candidates...
by Kate Rooney | Oct 16, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The state of ethics in the U.S. Senate is a “black hole,” according to a nonprofit coalition called the Ethics Working Group. In an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the group...
by Kate Rooney | Oct 14, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON- With three weeks until the mid-term elections, gridlock on Capitol Hill remains a hot issue. A new website that launched Tuesday aims to show voters just how effective their congressmen are at passing legislation. The site, Thelawmakers.org, was developed...
