Pushing Back the Liberal Media Bias
One doesn’t have to look far to realize that that the newspaper industry is going through some tough times. Last week, Gazette Communications, which includes the Cedar Rapids Gazette, announced that it would trim a sixth of i...
A New Perspective
One of the objectives of The Iowa Republican is to be honest and up-front about our point of view. In order to accomplish that goal, I think you need to understand what brought me to the point of creating a political news site....
Ed Failor, Jr. for Governor?
There was some breaking news on TheBeanWalker.com about Iowans for Tax Relief’s (ITR) Ed Failor, Jr. not ruling out a run for governor. This is really big news since most think this is an orchestrated effort by many of the po...
CPAC 2009 – Say it Ain’t So, Joe
Last week I spent four days in Washington DC attending the Conservative Action Political Conference. It marked the second time I have attended the event. With the coverage of Rush Limbaugh’s speech, and the weird comments by ...
Republican Linn County Supervisor Quizzes a State Legislator on Prevailing Wage
Just over a week ago, Democrats failed to find the necessary votes to pass prevailing wage legislation in the Iowa House of Representatives. Speaker of the House Patrick Murphy (D-Dubuque) kept the voting machine open throughou...
Ending Federal Deductibility is a Tax Increase
Written by Ed Failor, Jr Iowa is one of three states which allow individual taxpayers to fully deduct all of the tax payments made to the federal government on state income tax returns. This deduction is called federal deductib...
