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As a radio journalist I literally get paid to yap
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Line for early voting at Franklin County Board of Elections is out the door
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Longest-running lesbian bar in Ohio history gets historical marker recognizing rich LGBTQ+ history
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Democrat Janice Weiner wins Iowa Senate District 45
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Checking in on my hometown, Harrison Ohio…
Someone puts up a confederate flag. People respond with toilets
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INBOX: Retiring REPUBLICAN Iowa State Representative Jarad Klein (Keota) is endorsing DEMOCRAT State Sen. Kevin Kinney (Oxford) in the
#SD46
race against Republican State Sen. Dawn Driscoll (Williamsburg)
Klein currently represents Washington Co., part of Kinney’s new district
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100 students and local electeds have gathered in front of Iowa City High School to protest anti-LGBTQ legislation in Iowa
They’re walking to the Old Capitol now and gathering at the Pentacrest to speak against these bills
Here with
@presscitizen
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A protest in support of Palestine blocked the Stonewall Columbus March. They just moved off peacefully and the parade is resuming
Poignant reminder from drag queen Virginia West who is hosting:
“Pride started as a protest ladies and gentleman. It will always be a protest”
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Type of county
Hamilton: urban
Clermont: rural…..
Athens: Athens
This is the last and nerdiest thing I'm going to post about this data.
These are the counties with the 10 largest increases in their share of the overall early vote.
This shows well where people are voting early more often than what I think is the last most comparable election.
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You literally just suspended the account of a 165 year old Iowa newspaper. What a thing to say
Best way to fight misinformation is to respond with accurate information, not censorship
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At the Iowa City Public Library for the
@presscitizen
where a Drag Queen Story Time event is taking place. A man has placed himself in the middle of a crowd of children to protest it
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Police have arrested well over two dozen people so far. Here’s a picture of the sheer amount of people still here. Ton more behind me not in the circle
A moment ago, police tried rushing to grab a man with a keffiyeh draped around his head. The man kept antagonizing police. He ran off and was not caught
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Here’s the scene. Most people sitting down. No tents yet. People passing out water, pizza, falafel and other food
Overwatch support here again. I can also hear helicopters. Don’t see snipers yet
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An Instagram reel of our videos from the protest yesterday. Big thanks to our digital team for piecing this together
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There wasn’t an insurrection at the Iowa Capitol. They didn’t “storm” it either
Building is open to the public and they had a permit. They went in and protested. Similar protests have been reported on numerous times by
@DMRegister
and other outlets
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I have an announcement! 🚨 🚨
I’m so excited to tell everyone that on Monday, April 10 I begin my first day at
@wosunews
as a Radio Reporter focusing on breaking/spot news in Columbus, Ohio!!
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Some personal and also professional news ✨as the saying goes ✨
Monday, April 3 is my final day at the
@presscitizen
and in Iowa after almost 3 years in the Hawkeye State and 2 of those in its best city
I’m heading back east to Ohio in a new role I’ll tell everyone about soon
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First political mailer in my time here in Columbus Ohio is a fake newspaper from…. *checks notes*… Chicago Illinois
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The Iowa City based
@MomsDemand
Action group is marching through the South District from Wetherby Park to the Diversity Market at Pepperwood Plaza
The ~100 person crowd spent about an hour at the park giving speeches and discussing gun violence in the U.S.
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Dasia Taylor, a University of Iowa student and graduate of Iowa City West HS making big strides in her field, gets a Vice Presidential shoutout:
When I think about incredible women and girls in STEM, I think about young Black women like Dasia Taylor. A freshman at University of Iowa, Dasia is already changing the science field. Let’s continue to uplift our girls in STEM.
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Tried my hand at eclipse photography. Turned out gorgeous!
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Where were Columbus Police at recent pro-Palestine protests at OSU? Well, it turns out they declined to assist OSUPD
CPD even has a specially-trained protest dialogue unit the city spent $94K to train. They weren't there either
Here's what I found out:
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🚨🚨 Excited to announce I’m starting a new position with the
@presscitizen
in Iowa City covering local government and development in Johnson County
I’m really excited to take this next step in my career covering government in a more focused beat starting Monday!!
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Probably about 400 people here, most with their children. The Drag Queens and Kings are leading the crowd in songs and reading from a book called “We are the Rainbow”
The kids are participating and taking little notice of the protestors, who are just here silently
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My father George Shillcock Jr. passed away Wednesday very suddenly at 60 years old. It's been a shock to my family and I. I'm back in Cincinnati with them and have been here since Wednesday evening
I'm taking this week off to be with my mom and sister here
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Y’all the
@presscitizen
team took home 8 first place and 2 special awards tonight at the INAs
A big hand to our team this year:
@ParisBarraza
,
@josephwcress
,
@MarkEmmert
,
@_CleoKrejci
,
@Raven_XReport
,
@HannahPinski
,
@katecperez_
and
@ejdelg_23
Cheers 🥂
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Yes I still have a job after today’s Gannett layoffs. So does all of our amazing staff at the Press-Citizen
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I’m at World Class Industries in Hiawatha where fmr. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley is campaigning with several Iowa Republican candidates including Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. The event is kicking off with
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A clip of what a Drag Queen Storytime is usually like: drag queen and LGBTQ themed children’s songs and books
ICPL has held these events for years and the drag queens and kings here today are usually the ones who do these
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U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks announces her re-election bid at Iowa City rally
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An old photo of the Press-Citizen we found in our office that (I think) is from the 1990s or early 2000s
We have 4 people now
Had 6 at one point while I was here when we had also had an education reporter, editor and intern
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I was honored tonight to be awarded the Harrison “Skip” Weber Investigative reporting award from Iowa Newspaper Association for my reporting on Moxie Solar
I was also awarded First Place for the
@presscitizen
for Coverage of Government and Politics and…
Y’all the
@presscitizen
team took home 8 first place and 2 special awards tonight at the INAs
A big hand to our team this year:
@ParisBarraza
,
@josephwcress
,
@MarkEmmert
,
@_CleoKrejci
,
@Raven_XReport
,
@HannahPinski
,
@katecperez_
and
@ejdelg_23
Cheers 🥂
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Some images from Coralville today after the tornado near Highway 6 and 23rd Street and Boston Way
Follow this story for updates:
Live weather updates as tornadoes touch down in eastern Iowa, damaging homes
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#BREAKING
: The Johnson County Board of Supervisors just held an informal vote on buying a $240,000 Lenco Bearcat. The supervisors unanimously voted 0-5 to deny the Johnson County Sheriff this budgetary request
The formal approval of the county budget comes at a later date
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It’s official! I’ve been at the
@presscitizen
for one full year and I’ve nearly been in Iowa (and my career) for two years! Over 400 articles later for both the P-C and the
@DMRegister
and there’s no sign of me stopping 😮💨
Here’s a thread 🧵 of some of my best work (imo):
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A scuffle broke out as police made another push. Couple more people arrested. Definitely over 30. Were at the corner of 12th and College
Police quickly pushed everyone off the South Oval just now
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It’s pretty terrifying that I was able to replicate it so well…
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She told me it is a shame that people have attitudes like this towards Drag Queens and the LGBTQ+ community, but wasn't surprised people showed up to protest
She said she would definitely come again and bring her grandkids
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The whole world
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Me at the office watching a Board of Supervisors meeting: “Where is my water bottle?”
My water bottle:
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The
@presscitizen
took home several Iowa Newspaper Association Awards including 1st places by
@_CleoKrejci
,
@hillarymojeda
and
@MarkEmmert
and more awards for
@josephwcress
@ZacharyOS
and I were awarded 3rd for Coverage of Government and Politics in our class, my first INA (!!)
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Petition for an annual journalism award for best journalist’s pet cat. I’m confident Samwise has a chance but there’s some steep competition out there, especially in Iowa
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A couple days ago my grandmother passed away after a brief battle with COVID-19
Nana immigrated from Cuba in the 1960s with my mother and family to make a life here. I last saw her in November when my mother and I visited her in NJ (1st photo)
I’ll miss you so much Nana 💔
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I’m very excited to announce that I’m starting my career as a journalist at
@DMRegister
covering Indianola and Warren County Iowa!
Working at such a stellar newspaper for my first job is a dream come true!
Have any tips or advice for living in Central Iowa? Lmk ⤵️
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Van de Camp said she doesn't try to hate anybody and while these people's actions and feelings may affect her for a moment, she gets to move on and live her life
"Hate gives people too much power over me"
"I refuse to let fear rule my life"
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I adopted a dog Sunday at the Franklin County Dog Shelter. Everyone say hello to Estella Luna Shillcock ✨
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Voter turnout in Johnson County among its 87,776 registered voters now sits at 21.88% (19,205 voters)!
I did some digging through past primaries held in midterm years... This was the highest turnout year in Johnson Co. for a midterm election year primary in the 21st Century!
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#IA01
candidate Christina Bohannan speaking now at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City. “All the votes are not yet counted… but here’s what I’ll tell you. I’ll accept the results of this election. Whatever they are. Because in a democracy that’s what we do.”
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Belle told me she gets nervous for the kids because she thinks the protests bring a certain level of hate with them to these events when they are supposed to be having fun with kids
"Especially when I bring my own child here, I feel a little unsafe," she said.
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I came here today because it’s the first Drag Storytime at ICPL since October when local Republicans showed up to protest a Halloween themed event, right before the election. Parents were upset with the protestors that day but the event went on
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@itsJalenB
It’s like??? Either pay us or pay our parents. It’s like we don’t exist in the eyes of these people.
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Won't be doing a story today but here's some things I talked with attendees about:
Denice Connell of Iowa City was there with her two grandkids and husband. She said they generally enjoyed the performance and it was their first time there
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🚨🧵 THREAD ON JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA CENSUS DATA INCOMING 🧵🚨
**AIR HORNS**
So Johnson County is showing a population increase of +16.78% since 2010
2020 Total Population: 152,854
2010 Total Population: 130,882
# Change since 2010: +21,972
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They’ve arrested almost a dozen people so far. 4-5 officers per person they haul off
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Yes. Me a local journalist who makes $16.35 an hour is corrupt. How’d you know?
@RiaRevealed
Legacy blue checks will be removed soon. Those are the ones that are truly corrupt.
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Democrat Elinor Levin wins Iowa House District 89
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Pieper Lewis, a 17-year-old from Des Moines, was sentenced to five years probation and deferred judgement after she killed her alleged rapist.
@Philip_Joens
and
@DMRegister
has been doing a great job covering this trial today and the lead up to it:
Wow. Porter sentenced Pieper Lewis to five years probation. She must stay at the Fresh Start Women's Center in Des Moines during that time, complete 200 hours of community service for three years, plus 600 more hours of comm. service to pay off $4,000 plus in fines.
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She was scared when Senate File 348, a bill banning minors from attending drag performances, was introduced
"I was so scared we were going to lose story times and Pride"
She said she is heartened to see how much support is in the community for these events, especially Iowa City
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Always a nice welcome home from the Buckeye State
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#BREAKINGNEWS
Janice Weiner, an Iowa City Councilor, wins Democratic nomination for Iowa Senate District 45 in Iowa City, beating John Raley
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Sad to see it go 😭. I got one last photo with the office before I left Iowa earlier this month
P-C SIGN OFF - As I walked to work this a.m., I caught the P-C sign coming off of its perch on N. Linn St.
I reported previously that Gannett ended the office leases for the Iowa City Press-Citizen and Ames Tribune. Both papers continue to publish w/ reporters working remote.
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BREAKING NEWS:
I made my first friend here in Iowa:
Everyone meet your new favorite news cat, Samwise 😸
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You know Spring is finally here when the bright neon lights of the Riverside Drive Dairy Queen in Iowa City flash on during a beautiful Friday evening
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@Colebehr_report
@Colebehr_report
your reporting made it to NCAA’s stream 🔥 keep up the great work!
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Just took a walk around town. At least 20 Iowa City businesses in the downtown area have signs indicating they will l/are already closing early due to the coming storm. Sorry for my bad handwriting
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I also spoke with both drag queens who were at the event, Kalliope Belle and Valencia Van de Camp. Besides protestors, both told me it was a typical story time event but with a record crowd
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So today is my final day as a
@DispatchAlerts
intern. Living in Columbus and working for this amazing paper is an experience I won’t soon forget as I move into my first full time job.
I want to say thanks to everyone below who helped guide me this summer
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Me to squirrels @ OU
"Hey buddy where are you goin?"
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#BREAKINGNEWS
Supervisor Jon Green and V Fixmer-Oraiz win Democratic nomination for two Johnson County Supervisor seats
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Covering my final public meeting as a reporter for
@presscitizen
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors just declared March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility and a crowd of speakers from around JoCo spoke just now
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What I wouldn’t give to be in a pandemic free Athens, Ohio on Court Street tonight
Put some masks on Babcats
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This is a net improvement for Harrison. When I was living there 2009-2019 people wouldn’t bat an eye at this disgraceful flag
I support clowning the losers who put these up 1000%
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Hi
@JohnCena
, thanks for following me…
Don’t get me wrong here, I love Peacemaker and a lot of other stuff you do AND I hope you keep following and enjoy my very niche content about Iowa City news…
but can I ask… why???
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I'm so excited to be here in Iowa. If my first month has taught me anything, it's that Indianola and Warren County will definitely be a great beat to cover
I've never actually published a column before, but here's my first:
via
@DMRegister
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I’ve never been told “I love you” and “your article is a hit piece” in response to one of my stories… until today. Happy Tuesday everyone!
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Just Now: Iowa City Council votes 6-1 to table removing Amel Ali from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, indefinitely. This vote came after intense debate over the events of the last two weeks
Here's our last story on this topic:
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WOSU team is back at home base. I left and there were about 3 dozen people left. No arrests from what I saw. Signing off after I produce a story for
@wosunews
Morning Edition
Tune in to 89.7 FM in Columbus starting at 6am
For now check out our coverage below
Protest leaders are now telling everyone to disperse. Should be over, but over 100 people are still hanging out here
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Can confirm that being Twitter verified feels no different than I felt 10 minutes ago when that new little check mark didn’t exist
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I leave for six days and they already replace me
Meet Boardy! You can find Boardy dishing information and facts during the Johnson County Board of Supervisors meetings.
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Marchers are now going down College Avenue in Des Moines for the Black Girls Memorial and March
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My luck is finding a dollar on the ground... but it’s frozen to the concrete
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@darreldrowland
Darrel, I'm so sorry to hear this. You were an amazing editor during my internship at the Dispatch and you're an even better journalist.
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Copy and pasting a press release without any effort to provide a more complex, fair, narrative on stories of public safety and law enforcement isn’t what reporting the news should be like
“Breaking news” shouldn’t have to compromise quality journalism and fairness. Do better
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@Tylerjoelb
Still remember how their most prominent campaign strategy for Athens was to drag Elizabeth Warren around to call Cordray “a nerd” repeatedly in front of a bunch of college students
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Dasia Taylor, an Iowa City West High grad, is
@USATODAY
’s Woman of the Year from Iowa!
Read more about her here from
@CourtneyCare
:
'I'm not your average science kid,' says Dasia Taylor, 19-year-old CEO of VariegateHealth. 'Historically, I'm not supposed to accomplish any of this.'
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A revived commuter rail line running between Iowa City and North Liberty is under serious discussion. Here's why some local politicians believe the time is right to revive CRANDIC, and what it will take
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Ohio farmer David Brandt, known for Internet meme and sustainable farming, dies at 76
It was really sad to learn Brandt died today at the same time I learned he was from Ohio. It was great to to learn about his impact beyond the Internet meme today
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Hey everyone! I’m at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio covering the 4th Debate for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary for
@ThePost
Check back on this thread throughout the day to see my coverage of the events with
@ncsphotos
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Hi, yes, good morning...
I just sent my source a meme on accident
I’m doing great thanks for asking 👍
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What the new Ohio Statehouse astronaut painting should actually look like:
Ohio Statehouse to unveil painting that pays homage to state's astronauts
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That story:
Parents concerned after Republicans protest Iowa City library's drag storytime
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#IA01
Cook Political Report has changed the 1st Congressional District race from Likely Republican to Lean Republican
The race between
@millermeeks
and
@BohannanIowa
is tightening according to one of the leading election forecasters
NEW at
@CookPolitical
: 10 House rating changes, including seven in Dems’ direction and three in GOP’s direction. Full analysis:
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Was wondering if anyone would bring this up. It was pretty gross to watch. A 6th grader was shot and killed and this is all national reporters in Iowa can think about
We got one question with the governor at the 3 p.m. press conference and a national reporter used it to ask her how should the caucus candidates respond to the shooting...
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I spoke with Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber this week about the 45% raise he is set to receive in July due to a provision in the “Back the Blue” law. Turns out many other counties in Iowa are facing similar decisions to comply with the law passed June 2021
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