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Laura Belin

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Reporter, commentator covering Iowa politics for the progressive website Bleeding Heartland. Co-host of "KHOI's Capitol Week," available on podcast platforms.
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Candidate pitches and news from Iowa courts

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By Laura Belin Verified
| Substack
Secretary Pete Buttigieg takes questions from reporters after the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration on July 12 (photo by Douglas Burns) No slow news weeks in these parts! Spencer Dirks and I had a full plate for the latest “KHOI’s Capitol Week.” We spent more than half the show on news from the campaign trail, and finished with updates on several court cases, including the latest on the legal entanglements of State Representative Derek Wulf, the GOP nominee for...
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That time a Communist gave me a good scoop

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By Laura Belin Verified
| Bleeding Heartland
State Duma of the Russian Federation That time a Communist gave me a good scoop Thursday, Jul 9 2026 0 Comments One of my best scoops wasn’t related to Iowa politics or state government. It came out of the 1996 Russian presidential election, and it happened 30 years ago today. During the 1990s, I would not have guessed that I would ever devote my professional life to covering Iowa politics. I landed my first writing job in 1995, working at the Prague-based Open Media Research Institute.
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Conflicting polls, Iowa angles on SCOTUS rulings, new state laws

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By Laura Belin Verified
| Substack
Josh Turek at a July 4 parade in Storm Lake; Ashley Hinson at the West Des Moines parade on July 3 (photos from the candidates’ Facebook pages) I started Tuesday morning at a court hearing in a Libertarian ballot access case, went to see a Democratic Congressional candidate at midday, and attended a meet and greet with my Iowa Down Ballot colleagues in the late afternoon.
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