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Five questions with West Des Moines’ Samantha Daily,
Former Rep. Jim Leach breaks with the Republican Party,
two-time ‘MasterChef’ competitor
endorses Bohannan for House and Franken for Senate
By Courtney Guein, July 15
By Paul Brennan, July 28
A West Des Moines cooking enthusiast with a penchant for
Jim Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years
comfort food has found her way onto the summer’s top-rated food show,
as a Republican, changed his party registration to Democrat ahead of
featuring award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, chef Aaron Sanchez and
the June 7 primary, the Quad City Times reported this week. “Today,
renowned restaurant owner Joe Bastianich—for the second time.
the Republican Party that I spent so many years with has really let the country down,” Leach said.
Photo Gallery: Iowans rally for fair contract from
Video: ‘We can do better, because we’ve done better’:
Bridgestone-Firestone
Deidre DeJear on Iowa’s future, LGBTQ rights, abortion
By Lily DeTaeye, July 29
access and legalizing cannabis
On Thursday, July 28, members of United Steelworkers
Video by Jason Smith, story by Paul Brennan; July 15
(USW) Local 310 and their supporters marched over NW 2nd Street as
During an interview with journalist and author Lyz Lenz at a campaign
the union engaged in contract negotiations with Bridgestone-Firestone.
event in Iowa City on Thursday, Democratic nominee for governor
The contract covered the more than 3,000 workers USW represents at
Deidre DeJear said Gov. Reynolds and Republicans “have the tendency
the company’s six U.S. plants, located in Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, Ohio and
… to create problems that really don’t exist, rather than addressing the
Tennessee.
problems that do exist.”
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