BY DIANA PARSON That hog fencing. It was just about my undoing. But let me back up. Women on my maternal grandmother’s side had genetic deafness. Great Aunt Helen? Deaf as they come, although she would smile and bob her head, trying to follow the emotions of the gathering. Grandma? Just ...

James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. “There’s PTSD, a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the Gulf War, ...

At Marshalltown Community School District, we want every child to grow, learn, and build a bright future. When students come to school every day starting in preschool and all the way through 12th grade, they are not only learning but also making friends and building important skills for life. ...

ICE agents recently caught up with Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts. Originally here on a 1999 student visa, and under a deportation order judicially issued last year, the Guyanese national had continued living in the U.S. It’s true that the bureaucrat should be ...

The time has come to praise Donald Trump. Let’s savor the moment. The president is right to challenge the tech worker visa known as H-1B. This is a temporary visa that lets American companies hire skilled foreign workers in “specialty occupations.” The visa’s fans offer a mirror ...

Ispoke to two groups in recent weeks, and people at both gatherings wanted to know about the work of the organization I lead, the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. If I had known then what I know now, I could have been more effective. I could have advised them to wait a week or two and ...