Author Archives: Tim Martin

New Strategy There’s reporting today from Politico that suggests bigger is not always better. Recall that further economic relief tied to COVID-19 has been at a stalemate in Washington. In essen...

Iowa Senate District 32 includes all of Bremer County and large parts of Black Hawk, Buchanan, and Fayette counties...Democrat challenger Pam Egli of Waverly identified some key issues she wants to wo...

On the Tuesday, September 15, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Jeffrey Selingo, author of “Who Gets In And Why” regarding college admissions Dustin Hoffmann of the I...

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S NEW FISCAL YEAR IS 15 DAYS AWAY. IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT WHETHER A BUDGET PLAN WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR OCTOBER 1ST. ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE ISSUE LIKEL...

Spin Cycle Election Day is seven weeks from today…but with early voting, folks will begin casting ballots in some places later this month. And the email in boxes are jammed with dueling news rel...

Federal regulators have handed a victory to corn farmers by refusing to allow a group of petroleum refiners in 14 states to forego requirements to blend ethanol into the gasoline they make. Members of...

FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD WILL BE LEAVING BEIJING AND RETURNING STATESIDE IN THE COMING WEEKS. BRANSTAD HAS BEEN THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA SINCE 2017, BUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THA...

On the Monday, September 14, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Republican 1st District Congressional Candidate Ashley Hinson Legal analyst Loretta Powers KXEL's Tim Harwood with ...

Wrong Number A new smartphone made its way into our house, and much of the weekend was spent getting it up and running…there’s the activation with a carrier, removing the bloatware apps, i...

Authorities in Black Hawk County were looking for a convict who did not return from work release yesterday morning. The inmate, now considered an escapee, is 33-year-old Dennis George Devore III. Devo...