Posted May 31, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — Democrats across Iowa have yet to attract solid candidates to challenge Gov. Terry Branstad, who is expected to announce a run for an unprecedented sixth term. Des Moines, [...]
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Posted May 31, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — An Iowa agency aimed at improving transparency among public entities will have a shoestring budget and about six months to prove its effectiveness, said Bill Monroe, chairman of [...]
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Posted May 31, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Iowa Department of Human Services officials will have broad discretion in how the state complies with a federal law requiring it to prevent welfare money from being [...]
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Posted May 30, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – At least one teacher in the Davenport School District voiced concerns about low morale and overstressed staff prior to a cheating scandal that broke earlier this year, [...]
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Posted May 30, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – The principal of a Davenport elementary school embroiled in a cheating scandal hired a lawyer, although district leaders have publicly said they have no suspects, according to [...]
Read More →Two months ago, for the April Fools’ issue, I wrote a special edition of Sore Thumbs, covering a fake unveiling of the new Xbox, which I called the Xbox 5 [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in The Sound
Cirrus Minor is about as complete a band as you could wish for in a local scene. One could argue that there are bands around that do this or that [...]
Read More →The beginning of Andrew W.K.’s set at Vaudeville Mews served as a microcosm for the evening as a whole. “How you all doin’ tonight?” came the call from the speakers. [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Food Dude
Why do certain kinds of restaurants flock to different zip codes? In Des Moines, such restaurant profiling was so extreme a couple years ago that Orchestrate Management’s Paul Rottenberg suggested [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Cover Story
I first visited the Register and Tribune building in 1941 or 1942, when I was 3 or 4 years old. My mother had put on her white gloves and hat [...]
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