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Iowa State fumbles with public records

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The 2025 college football season is in the history books. The season ended with last week’s national championship victory by Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and his Indiana University Hoosiers over the University of Miami. The season began back on August 23 in Dublin, Ireland, matching Iowa State University against Kansas State University in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. A lot has happened since the Cyclones’ 24-21 victory. Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen retired. The Iowa Board of Regents screened a bunch of candidates and hired David Cook, the North ...

Protecting Iowa taxpayers and stopping welfare fraud

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Since being elected to Congress, I have been committed to ensuring Iowa taxpayer dollars are used correctly and safeguarded from fraud. Families who work hard for their money do not deserve to have their taxpayer dollars wasted by their government. That’s why I am working with President ...

The Warme Wire: Week Two

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This week at the Capitol was busy and productive, with meaningful conversations happening both inside and outside the Senate chamber. Wednesday was one of the most active days so far this session with “Day on the Hill” for Veterans, FFA, 4-H, Tourism and YMCAs. I was especially happy to ...

The Barker Bulletin: Time to talk property taxes

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Week two of session brings more subcommittee and committee work. This week, I ran my first bills through the Health and Human Services and Commerce committees, both of which passed unanimously. HF2055 would update our code to provide our school nurses with more options for epinephrine delivery ...

Life is a gift worth protecting

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This week, thousands of folks are weathering the cold to gather in our nation’s capital to march for life. Like them, I stand united in the truth: life is a gift worth protecting. This isn’t just a political belief for me. It’s deeply personal. When I first became a mother and more ...

Iowa Outdoors

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Last year, more than 4,600 Iowa taxpayers helped boost wildlife conservation with donations to the Fish and Wildlife Fund on their state tax form. This represents a decline of 12 percent from the 2023 tax year. Overall, the number of donors to the long-standing check-off have declined by more than half in the last 20 years. About 0.3 percent of total taxpayers in Iowa donate to the affectionately called Chickadee Check-off. While the number of donors decreased, the amount of money donated slightly increased. On returns received by October, more than $138,000 was donated, a $4,000 ...