Spc. Nicholas S. Maranell, 23, discusses the War in Iraq and his time in the military.

Public Health Issue or Business Owner's Rights?

In affect, as well 12:00am Tuesday, the Iowa Smokefree Air Act has been causing some comotion.

State Rep. Janet Peterson is the main sponsor of the bill, and speaks on the health related reasoning behind it.

Jeff Wagner is a bar manager who feels the government is overstepping it's boundaries, even going as far as to compare it to Soviet Russia!

Nick Murphy tells us about his experience serving a group called Liberal Drinkers for the last ten months. Feeling as though he's part of the group himself, he'd like to see more young people get involved with this unique group of political thinkers.

Liberal Drinkers meets every Friday at 5:00pm at Legends American Grill in Ames, IA.

With Iowa facing one of it's worst natural disasters in history, I take you on a tour of some of the destruction, talk to a climatologist about what all this 100-year and 500-year talk is about, and check in with our elected officials on where we go from here.

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For more information:

Road Closures and Traffice - Iowa Department of Transportation

Latest News and Declarations - Iowa Governor's Office

Assistance - FEMA

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26 year-old Ryan Rhodes (R) talks to me about what it's like being young and running for state house. He also talks about some of the issues that he's concerned about and his future in politics.

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What is energy independence? What are the most important forms of alternative energy in Iowa? What can you do now to conserve now? Roya Stanley answers these questions and gets my series of alternative energy stories started.

With the congressional primaries around the corner (Tuesday, June 3rd), I’ve become increasingly interested in the various races around the state, most predominantly of which is the 3rd Congressional District race for the Democratic nomination between Leonard Boswell (incumbent) and Ed Fallon.

This race has received much of its attention lately because of Fallon’s continued challenge for a debate, which Boswell has consistently declined – or in Fallon’s press release language, “has chosen not to participate” in, which I take as Boswell simply ignoring him.

This isn’t necessarily a good move for Boswell given the current Democratic climate. People are angry with how the party’s being run and they want to see change (note Obama’s success with his ‘change’ slogan).  Fallon offers a far-left alternative to the politics that Boswell has offered his last six terms.

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You learned the law in Pt. 1, now watch as I go through the process...

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There are a lot of first time gun buyers right now because of an increase in crime in the Des Moines area. Likewise, with the upcoming election, some are fearful that a democratic president could mean stricter gun laws.

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