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Don’t leave out people with the most severe mental illnesses

The mental health “big tent” is often praised for its inclusivity, but not everyone inside it is equally visible. For the past 18 years, my family has watched our son — who lives with a severe mental illness — disappear within a system that increasingly listens only to the voices of ...

Tax relief driving local jobs across the Great Plains

This tax season, small businesses across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska are realizing tangible benefits directly from the Working Family Tax Cuts—benefits that hit them exactly where it matters most: their bottom line. Last year, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the largest ...

Strengthening Iowa agriculture in global markets through a strong Farm Bill

Over the last several years, farmers across Iowa have endured challenging market conditions as they dealt with weather, rising input costs, and other countries targeting American agriculture to gain unfair advantages. These conditions affect their families, operations, and our rural economy, ...

The Warme Wire: Week 13

Property tax reform was our top priority coming into the legislative session, and this week the Senate advanced SF 2472, a proposal aimed at bringing real relief while also making the system easier to understand and more predictable. At its core, the bill provides a 50% discount on the taxable ...

Taxpayers deserve transparency

Transparency isn’t just something I apply to my work as the State Auditor – it’s part of my core. My faith instructs me to live in light; to be honest, to look for the good, to be charitable, to lead with integrity. I teach my children that when they make a mistake – because we all do ...