Terry Branstad
No cuts at Iowa's mental health institutes
Washington Examiner - 11hrs 33mins ago
Gov. Terry Branstad is rejecting a proposal to cut staff and beds at Iowa's Mental Health institutions because of Budget cuts. The proposal was made last week by outgoing Gov. Chet Culver. The Legislature has mandated $84 million in cuts this Budg…
Read more >>Looking ahead to Iowa
Washington Examiner - 1day 13hrs agoWhat are the paths forward for Candidates seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination? Jennifer Rubin has an interesting post on her Right Turn blog on the Washington Post website. What Rubin foresees can be summarized in one phrase: a Tra…
Read more >>Poll: Majority of Iowans oppose gay marriage, but also impeachment
Iowa Independent - 5 days agoFifty-two percent of Iowans think Same-Sex marriage should not be legal, with only 41 percent supporting marriage equity, a new poll from Public Policy Polling found. However, with conservative Republican lawmakers planning to work to impeach the …
Read more >>Republicans continue impeachment push over Branstad opposition
Iowa Independent - 6th Jan 2011Republican lawmakers and conservative leaders hoping to impeach the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices over the 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage have not been dissuaded, despite Gov.-elect Terry Branstad‘s public denounce…
Read more >>Iowa GOPer Branstad: Don't Impeach State Justices Over Gay Marriage
TPMDC - 4th Jan 2011Gov.-elect Terry Branstad (R-IA) has now taken a firm position on a push by some State Legislators from his party to impeach state Supreme Court Justices who legalized same-sex marriage: He's against it. As the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports: "I d…
Read more >>Iowa GOPer Branstad: Impeach Justices For Gay Marriage? I Have No Role In That
TPMDC - 29th Dec 2010Gov.-elect Terry Branstad (R-IA), who will be leading the critical first presidential Caucus state, is not commenting on the hot-button issue of whether the state Supreme Court justices who legalized same sex marriage in his state should be impe…
Read more >>Iowa preschool program may be victim of election
Washington Examiner - 26th Dec 2010Elections have consequences, and one consequence of this year's voting likely will be a $90 million plan to bring free preschool programs to all 4-year-olds in the state, a key priority of outgoing Gov. Chet Culver and something that education adv…
Read more >>Herman Cain mania
Politico - 16th Dec 2010There's a place in every primary for an ideological purist and debate champ — think Dennis Kucinich — and radio talker Herman Cain seems to be the early front-runner for that slot on the Republican side in 2012. Cain, an African-Amer…
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