Author Archives: Tim Martin

General Nastiness This is one of these pretty self-evident things, but it appears the 2020 general election is going to be nasty. Again, not earth-shattering news, but it appears that it’s going...

The state is reporting 308 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths in Iowa in a 24-hour period ending yesterday. There have been 21,919 confirmed cases and 606 deaths since the pandemic began. Nearly ...

On the Monday, June 08, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Jessi McQuerrey of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation talks about Leadership Iowa, with nomination...

STATE LEGISLATORS RETURNED TO DES MOINES LAST WEDNESDAY TO FINISH UP A SESSION INTERUPTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. DURING A RECENT EDITION OF KXEL LIVE AND LOCAL, LEE ENTERPRISES DES MOINES BUREAU CH...

Whose Money Is It? Seems worthwhile to remind folks of something. The government has no money. They’re spending our money. That came back to the front of my mind in light of two weeks of vandali...

With pressure building for lawmakers to deal with racial injustices that have triggered mass protests, top Republican leaders said Friday they are working with Democrats to address some immediate conc...

ON A WET THURSDAY NIGHT, CEDAR FALLS WAS THE SCENE OF A DEMONSTRATION RELATED TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS. PROTESTERS MARCHED IN THE AREA NEAR THE CEDAR FALLS PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING ON...

On the Friday, June 05, 2020 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Erin Murphy of Lee Enterprises on the resumption of the Iowa legislative session Legal analyst Loretta Powers KXEL’...

Waterloo's new police chief Joel Fitzgerald started his job officially this past Monday, and was faced with leading his department with demonstrations and marches downtown each night so far. In his fi...

Missing Out So here we are at the first weekend of June. Your calendar has been filling up a little more lately, with the ability to actually get a haircut or maybe go out to dinner. But something is ...