WEATHERING THE CAUCUSES. Des Moines — A blizzard is crossing Iowa as this is written. On Thursday night, with the weather forecast worsening, Nikki Haley canceled three campaign events scheduled for Friday in the western part of the state, opting instead to hold telephone town halls with voters in those places. But Ron DeSantis, with an […]
Many people in the criminal justice reform movement believe people should not be held fully responsible for their criminal actions, and it is continuing to push that idea forward in several states. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Thursday that anyone under the age of 21 cannot be sentenced to life in prison without […]
CRESCO, Iowa — When the surge of conservative populism started sweeping the Republican Party in the fall of 2015, Howard County Republican Party Chairman Neil Shaffer remained firmly behind Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) when he went to caucus in January 2016. Shaffer eventually warmed to Donald Trump and went on to vote for him in […]