As I write this, another snowstorm is bearing down on our fair city. As usual, our dedicated city departments will be hard at it, clearing the snow on our 166 miles of roads so you can go about your day with the least amount of disruption. Yes, I said that right, 166 MILES of roads in ...
When a new community space opens, a ribbon is cut, or a long-envisioned project becomes a reality, it can often feel like an “overnight success.” I keep a sticky note taped to my computer screen that reads: “10-year overnight success.” It’s a daily reminder that meaningful and ...
Wrapping Up First Funnel Week While the first funnel week of the session comes to a close, the house has worked this week to get all the proposed legislation finalized and through, especially Senate File 2201, making an agreement on supplemental state aid for K-12 schools in the house. ...
As I write this, we are in our final hours of “funnel week.” In order for our individually filed bills to be available for floor debate they must be passed by their respective committee by Feb. 20. That deadline creates a flurry of activity as we press to get our individual bills through ...
It was disturbing, frustrating and sickening. But it was not surprising. And it’s happened six years in a row. Behind closed doors, secretively and quietly, Iowa’s Senate Republicans once again killed a bill that would improve, and possibly save, the lives of nursing home residents. The ...
My friend John was “promoted to glory” on Feb. 15. My wife and I were just out in California and a group of us took time to have lunch with him. You wouldn’t know John if I just told you his full name but I will share that he was the “last to leave” during the Fall of Saigon on ...