Iowa
Obama to make student loan appeal in Iowa
President Barack Obama is keeping up his election-year appeal to young voters with his third college visit in two days. After overnighting in Denver, Obama heads Wednesday to the University of Iowa, where he will cast himself as the defender of cheaper student loans. Obama made similar appeals Tuesday at universities in North Carolina and [...]
Judge backs Iowa in black discrimination case
A judge has ruled that Iowa’s state government hiring policies have not discriminated against blacks . Judge Robert Blink on Tuesday ruled against a class of up to 6,000 black employees and applicants passed over for jobs and promotions with Iowa’s executive branch dating back to 2003. He says the state does not have to [...]
Denied jobs, blacks in Iowa test new bias theory
A judge will soon decide whether to grant black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices used by every agency of Iowa state government that they say has disadvantaged them for years. Experts say the case is the largest class-action lawsuit of its kind against a state government’s civil service system, and tests [...]
Report: Iowa Recount Puts Santorum Ahead By 34 Votes, Result ‘Unresolved’
Rick Santorum has ended up 34 votes ahead of Mitt Romney after a recount of the results from the Jan. 3 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, The Des Moines Register is reporting. But, the newspaper adds, Iowa GOP officials say that results from eight of Iowa’s 1,774 precincts “will never be certified,” meaning the outcome remains [...]
Obama appeals to Iowa Democrats on caucus night
Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama was appealing to Iowa Democrats during the first balloting in the GOP presidential campaign, seeking to counter months of withering criticism in the state that launched his presidential ambitions four years ago. Obama was hosting a live video teleconference for Democrats attending precinct [...]
