Last year was the deadliest on record for police killings in the United States. According to a Washington Post database, law enforcement officers shot and killed 1,096 people in 2022. And that’s likely an understatement. According to Abdul Nasser Rad, a research director at Campaign ...
If you want to see a classic case of how President Joe Biden’s regulatory tendencies are strangling the U.S. economy and raising prices, look no further than the latest Justice Department efforts to kill an airline merger that is pro-consumer. JetBlue has its sights on merging with a ...
The third week of the 90th General Assembly has come and gone. This week we had a number of visitors including: Drake Pharmacy Students, medical students from Des Moines University, members of the Ag business community, as well as other mental health professionals. Many of these individuals ...
There are few things in my life that are near and dear to my heart. My family. My friends. My coffee. My job. My community. Marshalltown is my hometown. I was born and raised here, and my husband and I specifically moved back to raise our family. When I drive around Marshalltown, I am filled ...
It was a long week at the Capitol this week starting off with the Governor’s “Student First Act” or voucher bill, as it was commonly referred to. The bill was voted on and passed on Monday in both the House and the Senate despite a great amount of opposition. I received over 1000 emails ...
As the third week of the Iowa legislative session winds down, it seems that the urgency of the past few sessions to address mental health care in Iowa has faded. Many policymakers seem to feel that much work has been done in this space, and they are ready to move on to other priorities. In ...