<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Schmidt for Iowa House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexander Schmidt is a candidate in the 2026 election for Iowa House of Representatives - District 60. ]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:34:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Book banning discussed at Mason City School Board Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 18, 2023 by the Globe Gazette The Mason City Community School Board heard from a group opposing what it says are obscene books in district libraries at its meeting Monday. Mason City resident Connie Dianda speaks in favor of banning books from the district's school libraries, citing pornographic content, at Monday's Mason City School Board meeting. Dianda admitted to the board she hadn't read most of the books she took issue with, but had read "reports" on them. Mason City resident...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/book-banning-discussed-at-mason-city-school-board-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf08f3535e7bcd26992723</guid><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:35:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_1fdfe3f3c55a4de3a93964e63cab5cc3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa Republicans file lawsuit challenging carbon pipeline project]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 11, 2024 by KAAL-TV (ABC 6 News) — In Floyd County, a lawsuit has been filed by nearly 40 Republican lawmakers, challenging the legality of a potential carbon pipeline project. Portions of a carbon capture pipeline were approved by Iowa regulators this June, but this lawsuit is the latest in a growing movement against Summit Carbon Solutions’ pipeline project. Landowners along the proposed route along with policymakers say that planned construction on farmers’ properties violates...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/iowa-republicans-file-lawsuit-challenging-carbon-pipeline-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf0708f7044e6cf7a9ca66</guid><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:19:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_f07d1b0b7605444ea8f6a54f2fbc143f~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[August 7, 2023 by TED Talks In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won't want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments -- and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance.]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/what-the-fossil-fuel-industry-doesn-t-want-you-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf06752a4608ae001df3e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:15:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZC6da4mco&amp;t=724s" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanders and Khanna Introduce Income Tax Legislation to Tax Billionaire Wealth and Invest in Working Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, March 2 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America — who are now collectively worth $8.2 trillion. In its first year, the bill would provide a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman and child in a household making...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/income-tax-plan-introduced</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf04b740e74dbec4ff5a6c</guid><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:12:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_f6df7809d5c3462280904c099c71e017~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winnebago Industries announces layoffs across plants in Iowa]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 15, 2025 by Alexander Schmidt for KAAL-TV (ABC 6 News) — Winnebago Industries announced on Thursday that layoffs are taking place across its Iowa plants. Although the company did not give exact numbers, some employees say nearly 200 jobs are impacted by the layoffs. One employee who was laid off has been working at Winnebago Industries for 27 years, and she said if she had one word to describe her emotions, it would be “hurt.” That employee also said she had been laid off twice before. “I...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/winnebago-industries-announces-layoffs-across-plants-in-iowa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf02d3f7044e6cf7a9c15a</guid><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:02:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_906cc9512792483994e3a7f2f17190ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa Secretary of Agriculture visits Lake Mills]]></title><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2025 by KAAL-TV The Ardent Apiary of Lake Mills, IA  has been producing small batches of local honey since 2020.  “We started when we bought this old, abandoned acreage,” said owner Adam Stene, who with his wife Rachel raises three colonies of bees, bottling around 600 lbs of honey annually. “Somewhere around that number,” Adam Stene said. “We measure it by the five-gallon bucket.”  The Stenes are also raising lavender plants, selling the fresh cut flowers at farmer’s markets...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/iowa-secretary-of-agriculture-visits-lake-mills</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cefff22a4608ae001de5db</guid><category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:51:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_eb54fe09982a4e35ace54dcecea98d0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_752,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[City of Grafton facing food insecurity after local grocery store closed over a year ago]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 4, 2025 by Alexander Schmidt for KAAL-TV (ABC 6 News) — Since losing their local grocer, the small north Iowa town of Grafton is finding itself on the front lines in the battle against food insecurity. It is an issue being seen across the State of Iowa as according to Feeding America, around 344,000 people are facing hunger in Iowa with about 110,000 of those people being children. That breaks down to one in nine people and one in six children being in need of food. The Grafton...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/city-of-grafton-facing-food-insecurity-after-local-grocery-store-closed-over-a-year-ago</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cefd9b535e7bcd26990ec6</guid><category><![CDATA[Rural Iowa]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:44:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_51d18b409a294a9c8dbbe99738a73c20~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_259,h_194,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa's Christian Nationalist Cabal]]></title><description><![CDATA[How A Religious Minority Amplifies Its Influence To Impose a Theocracy On the State through Christian Nationalism- by Daniel Henderson, March 12, 2026 Iowa has become homophobic, anti-DEI, bans books, has ended a woman’s right to choose abortion, restricts teaching of true American history, and our governor supports extreme ICE tactics against immigrants and refugees. It is a greatest hits of mean-spiritedness and religiously inspired discriminatory legislation in our history. I am a...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/christian-nationalism-is-on-the-rise-in-iowa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cdd26a40e74dbec4fcc375</guid><category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:33:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_7711fbda387c4a84979e26b3c2e76b79~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_811,h_530,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About Iowa's Education College Savings Accounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iowa approved Education College Savings Accounts to help pay for students who choose to attend private school. Here's how they work.]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/what-to-know-about-iowa-s-education-savings-accounts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cdcd94535e7bcd26967fd9</guid><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:11:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-l0xDqweuw" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make Iowa healthy again by reforming Medicaid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reshared from Bleeding Heartland, March 3, 2026 - Jack Hatch  is a former state senator and was an author of every health care reform bill in Iowa from 2003 through 2014. Health care is not a privilege. It is not a reward for good luck, good jobs, or good timing. It is a basic right. And in Iowa, health care, as an issue, has always been understood best when we remember that simple truth. There is another truth: health care is too expensive, in Iowa and across the U.S.  For decades, our state...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/make-iowa-healthy-again-by-reforming-medicaid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cdc994f7044e6cf7a71a68</guid><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:44:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_ebfbc376fdd9428f9254e2747e622271~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Schmidt announces run for Iowa House District 60]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republished from KAAL-TV (January 7, 2026) (ABC 6 News) – A Democratic newcomer is announcing his candidacy for the Iowa House of Representatives. On Wednesday, January 7th, Alexander Schmidt announced his candidacy for Iowa House District 60. Schmidt, a 32-year-old native of Mitchell County, is running for the Democratic nomination. In a release announcing his candidacy, he said he’s running because he’s “tired of younger, progressive Iowans like myself being shut out of the conversations...]]></description><link>https://www.schmidtforiahouse.com/post/alexander-schmidt-challenges-bloomingdale-for-iowa-house-district-60</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b2c4ed19a7028f2bc19485</guid><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:55:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bb9d6e_9f8243123d324b88abacd6e64d0bf555~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_909,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexander Schmidt</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>