After a slow week, the House is back in action during week 14. Coming into this session the legislature was very aware that Iowans are feeling the pain of higher costs driven by bad policy decisions of the Biden administration. One of the biggest things we can do to directly help Iowans ...

Many in the Democratic base are frustrated that their party isn’t pounding away at Donald Trump over his attacks on the rule of law, academic independence and decency. That’s not quite the case. Democrats and others opposed to the president’s toxic agenda are seeing some success in the ...

California is home to high taxes, billion dollar boondoggles, and a liberal agenda. Clearly, the folks there shouldn’t be calling the shots on anything, let alone our farms. Iowa’s dedicated producers rise before the rooster crows and toil in the fields long after dark to keep our great ...

In the United States, there are approximately 370,000 children in the foster care system with about 117,000 waiting to be adopted. While the number of kids in foster care has fortunately declined over the decades, there is still more work to be done to ensure that every child can find a ...

Friends, • House File 969: Cancer Coverage and Screening for First Responders After years of work, we officially sent House File 969 to the governor’s desk to become law. This bill expands the definition of cancer for the Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System and the Special ...

Chocolate and caramel. Coffee and reading the morning newspaper. Movies and popcorn. Cubs baseball and hope for next season. These are things that all go well together — two things I believe complement each other well. This weekend is the culmination of Holy Week — the great three days in ...