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Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Homelessness. Crisis. Loneliness. Poverty. When you work at the Marshall County Attorney’s Office, these are the challenges you encounter every day. A critical witness can’t be located because, after couch-surfing for months, they’re now sleeping in the back of a car. A domestic abuse ...

What the hell is going on with the economy?

The fate of the Trump administration — and perhaps Republicans in Congress — is tethered to how Americans feel about the economy. And right now, it’s hard to find anyone who can say with confidence what the hell is going on. Thursday offered a fresh reminder of the chaos. As The Wall ...

California legalized year-round E15. Why can’t Trump and Congress?

Farm state politicians have been trying for more than a decade to pass legislation that would allow E15 — gasoline containing 15% ethanol — to be sold year-round across the country. While E15 can be sold from Sept. 15 to June 1 each year, an antiquated glitch in the Environmental Protection ...

Thanksgiving Socialism

Thanksgiving Socialism People are turning to socialism. Two-thirds of Americans ages 18-29 hold a “favorable view” of it. New York just elected a “proud socialist” mayor. My video explains why his ideas would make things worse. Of course they would! Socialism has never ...

Elevating learning and safety

Throughout the past few years, the Technology Department at Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) has been engaged in a major effort to install high-quality audio amplification equipment across the majority of the district’s school buildings. This strategic investment goes far beyond ...