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Republicans deliver real relief for families

Raising a family is no easy task, but it shouldn’t bankrupt you. As both a parent and grandparent, I’ve seen how much harder it is for Iowa families to afford housing, groceries, and especially child care. Four years of record-high inflation under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have left ...

More childcare could help Iowa’s struggling economy

When Kim Reynolds gave her big annual speech at the beginning of the year, she told Iowans that “the condition of our state is strong” and that “childcare has been a longstanding priority for my administration.” Now that we’re seven months into the year, I have some questions for ...

An ugly truth that bears recollection

Multibillionaire George Soros is a gilded patron of hideous interests like Planned Parenthood, abolition of national borders and sovereignty, and discord urged by communistic protesters, Israel-hating agitators, and scowling racial separatists. Whether or not they are aware, left-wing ...

Lots of unanswered questions need answering

One of the frustrations of being a **former** newspaper editor is no longer having a few dozen reporters to pursue answers to questions going unasked and unanswered each day. Two of my go-to questions were “why” and “why not.” And my favorite open-ended query to a newsmaker was ...