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2024 signal? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis heading to Iowa next week
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will quickly go to Iowa, the state that holds the primary contest within the 2024 Republican presidential nominating calendar.
DeSantis’ journey can be his first go to to Iowa and his first this cycle to any of the early voting states within the GOP major and caucus schedule. DeSantis is extensively anticipated by political pundits to launch a Republican White Home run later this yr, although he stays on the 2024 sidelines.
DeSantis will make stops in Des Moines and Davenport Friday, March 10, the place he’ll be joined by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Fox Information confirmed Thursday.
Iowa’s governor will host what are being described as interview-style conversations with DeSantis at each occasions. Information of the Florida governor’s go to to Iowa was first reported by The Des Moines Register.
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The governor, a former congressman, noticed his recognition soar amongst conservatives throughout the nation the previous three years resulting from his forceful pushback in opposition to coronavirus pandemic restrictions and his aggressive actions as a conservative tradition warrior going after media and firms.
DeSantis has routinely dismissed discuss of a 2024 White Home run, however he’s dropped loads of hints of a attainable presidential bid since his 19-point gubernatorial re-election victory final November. Sources in DeSantis’ wider orbit say any presidential marketing campaign launch would come within the late spring or early summer time, after the tip of Florida’s present legislative session.
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Most public opinion polls within the burgeoning GOP nomination race, together with one launched Sunday from Fox Information, point out DeSantis in a high tier, trailing solely former President Trump, with everybody else in single digits.
The go to to Iowa comes as DeSantis has been making stops throughout the nation, highlighting his “Florida blueprint” and selling his new e book, “The Braveness to be Free,” which was launched Tuesday. The governor’s e book tour takes him to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Sunday.
Requested about his 2024 timeline final week on Fox Information’ “Fox and Associates,” DeSantis mentioned, “We’re going to promote some books, we’re going to unfold the message of Florida. After which, on March 8, I’ve our legislative session that’s kicking off.”
“That is going to be the most efficient legislative session we’ve got had throughout the board, and I feel individuals are going to be actually excited,” DeSantis emphasised. “So these are what we’re going to be doing over these subsequent few months. As we get past that, then we are able to resolve from there.”
Behind the scenes, Fox Information has confirmed that DeSantis’ political staff has been talking with Republican operatives within the early voting states. And final weekend. DeSantis huddled with high contributors and a handful of main conservative politicians from throughout the nation at a donor retreat in Palm Seaside, Florida. On Thursday, DeSantis will converse with one other group of main Republican donors at a retreat hosted by the Membership for Progress, an influential fiscally conservative group.
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DeSantis can be in Iowa similtaneously Nikki Haley, the previous South Carolina governor and former ambassador who launched a GOP presidential marketing campaign final month.
GOP sources inform Fox Information that journeys by DeSantis to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, which maintain the second, third and fourth contests within the Republican presidential nominating calendar, are possible later this winter and early spring.
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Iowa high school football computer rankings (10/10/2024)
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
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Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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Grinnell window manufacturer announces plans to lay off 152 workers in November
JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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Iowa Coach Fires Brutal Quote at Players Leaving Via Transfer
The Iowa Hawkeyes lost two players from their football team this week.
Both running back Leshon Williams and wide receiver Kaleb Brown have announced that they will redshirt for the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal at the end of the year.
Despite the two players opting to leave the program, it hasn’t phased head coach Kirk Ferentz. He isn’t worried about the decisions that they made at all.
When asked about Williams and Brown transferring, Ferentz offered a short and brutal quote.
“Not to be callous, but if a player isn’t playing, you don’t lose much.”
Williams had been dealing with an injury throughout the season thus far. Before the injury, he had shown flashes of being a player that could end up making an impact. Unfortunately, those flashes were never able to come to light on the field.
As for Brown, there were big plans for him coming into the season. But, he was suspended for the first game of the year and was never able to earn his role back.
Clearly, Ferentz is not worried about how his team will respond to the news. Basically, he doesn’t think the losses of them will impact the team at all.
Ferentz isn’t necessarily wrong with what he stated. Neither player had a role that will change how the team has been operating. However, it was the way he said it that was a bit out of line.
Regardless of the role that they players had, handling the situation with a bit more grace would have been a better look.
All of that being said, Iowa is not a program that needs to be graceful necessarily. The Hawkeyes want to win football games and neither Williams or Brown was contributing to that goal so far this year.
Looking ahead to the future, we wish the best to both Williams and Brown. Hopefully, they find success in their future endeavors.
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