If an opinionated old guy from southern Iowa delivered the recent commencement address at the United States Military Academy, my message would have contrasted with the one given by another opinionated ...

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 16, 2025 A federal judge has again temporarily blocked portions of an Iowa law aimed at restricting schools’ recognition of LGBTQ+ people and banning books ...

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 22, 2023 Editor’s note: Shortly after this story was published, the Iowa Health Care Association removed from its website the publicly accessible ...

by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2025 Gov. Kim Reynolds’ lawsuit against the Des Moines Register is both unusual and dangerous for open government in Iowa. Reynolds announced last ...

Drake University President Dr. Marty Martin issued strong message of support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in March 3 email to faculty and students. A great strength of Drake ...

You may be experiencing whiplash this spring just trying to track the Iowa Legislature’s zig-zag movements. It comes from what some might charitably call a lack of consistency on a key theme. A set of ...

by Robert Leonard and Andrew Green, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 18, 2024 The election of South Dakota’s Senator John Thune as Senate majority leader is one of the few bright spots for our democracy ...

The Bettendorf City Council last month approved a succession plan for its city administrator without knowing when the transition would occur. The week before Christmas, Bettendorf City Council members ...

I was asked to speak last week at the annual conference of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. My remarks boiled down to a simple message: The public needs more information *about* their ...

We are in the home stretch of another presidential campaign, and it is important for voters to be alert for the unintended consequences of candidates’ promises. Office-seekers and their supporters ...

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch February 25, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general says the agency has failed to inspect dog breeders in a timely fashion and failed to ...

Lee Enterprises, Inc. – owner of the Quad City Times and Daily Dispatch-Argus newspapers – lost $12.6 million in its second quarter and reported it obtained waivers to avoid having to make payments in ...