It’s hard to believe we just finished week 14. As we enter the last few weeks of the legislative session, much of the focus will shift to considering budget items including Appropriations and Ways and Means bills. This week, the House saw a significant number of bills on the floor and some ...

This week, the Senate had a big focus on health care. I had the honor of floor managing House File 875, a bill aimed at streamlining the credentialing process for health care professionals. I also led HF 887, which removes regulatory roadblocks for birth centers looking to open in Iowa and ...

Let’s cut to the chase. Most of Donald Trump’s threats against Ivy League colleges are an attempt to divert attention away from an economy heading into crisis. The trade war is producing economic and foreign policy nightmares. Despite the DOGE show, budget deficits are projected to rise ...

When I was in college, one of the part-time jobs I had was working for Terrible Terrance Tree Service. Terrance’s full-time job was working for the college in building and grounds, mostly as a tree trimmer. This was in the days when the elms were dying from Dutch Elm Disease and, since the ...

Tax policy experts and lawmakers have long circled 2025 as a year to prepare for. What makes it so significant? For one thing, Federal COVID money to states is expiring, straining state budgets at the same time the economy is starting to weaken. For another, Republicans in Congress are ...

Aconstitutional showdown taking shape in southern Iowa’s Decatur County could put taxpayers on the hook financially to defend the county’s efforts to silence a critic of public officials there. The Institute for Justice, a national nonprofit law firm, wrote Decatur County Attorney Alan ...