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President Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ delivers for Main Street

Traveling across Iowa on my 36 County Tour, I hear from so many small business owners and workers who want a government that works for them, not against them. For the last four years, the Biden administration was playing ball with foreign nations, outsourcing American manufacturing, and ...

Fall at Iowa Valley: New courses, new savings, and a new way to learn

As we look ahead to the start of the fall term at Marshalltown Community College, Ellsworth Community College, and Iowa Valley Grinnell, now is the time to get registered. Fall classes begin in August, and registering early gives students the best selection of courses, schedules, and support ...

A War on children?

Before Robby Starbuck became a problem for leftist companies, alerting consumers to stupid woke indoctrination policies, he directed music videos. He worked with some big names, like Snoop Dogg and Natalie Portman. In my new video, I remind him that his Snoop Dogg video includes the lyrics: ...

These impressive graduates show how Iowa can save money and save lives

The event featured many of the trappings of a law school commencement: The graduates’ families came to campus carrying flowers, a state Supreme Court justice sat amid the dignitaries, and speeches overflowed with words of praise and promise. “You have faced challenges that most cannot ...

Where have all the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone? I’ll take and tell you where a good chunk of the flowers have gone: two places, at the intersection of Highway 34 and the Henry-Des Moines County Line Road on the east end of New London, better known as Heald Trucking; and all along Main Street in Mediapolis ...