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Opinion

Clearing the air on the Library Association bill

Your View

House File 880 (Formerly HF 284) is a bill that seeks to prevent Iowa Libraries from being members of the Iowa Library Association and the American Library Association (ALA) by restricting funds to them if they are dues paying members of these organizations. Those dues are paid for by taxpayer ...

Meggers Memo: Supporting Iowa families

Columnists

This session, our caucus set out to prioritize supporting Iowa families and particularly making sure we are supporting kids born into tough situations. This week we passed two bills relating to adoption that we believe are common sense policies to improve the lives and ease the burden on ...

The winds of change

Your View

2025 will be a year filled with change. Just as we see our weather swing wildly back and forth as we move through the seasons, this year marks another important season of change. The citizens of Marshalltown get to determine their future in the November elections for City Leaders! The mayor and ...

Looking forward to the future

Columnists

I am Christopher Jones, the newly appointed Chief of Police for the City of Marshalltown. March 18 will mark my 29th year of service in the Marshalltown community, and I am truly honored to have the opportunity to continue my law enforcement career as Police Chief. I grew up in northwest Iowa ...

Basic human needs are not fair game for billionaire tax cuts

Columnists

Tens of millions of Americans rely on the public assistance programs — like Medicaid, SNAP, housing aid, and more — that Republican leaders are now threatening to gut. I’m one of them. My dream is to regain the financial independence I once enjoyed before life and systemic obstacles ...