Episode Description
Laura Belin and Spencer Dirks began with Iowa political reaction to the Trump administration's new military campaign in Iran and Iowa angles from last week's State of the Union address. They discussed several aspects of a big state government story: Governor Kim Reynolds has been traveling on an Iowa State Patrol airplane purchased with pandemic relief funds. Other topics covered: filing period begins for state and federal candidates, the DCCC backing candidates in the first and third districts, health care news that could be important in those Congressional races, Randy Feenstra's contributions from PACs connected to China-linked companies, and Iowa legislative action on bills related to higher education, the governor's powers, and firearms.