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 ...
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 Street Journal noted, “Stocks surrendered gains and closed sharply lower after a whirlwind day of trading that began after Nvidia posted strong results. The Nasdaq composite led indexes lower after being up on the day more than 2 percent. It closed 2.2 percent lower. Nvidia gave up an even bigger ...
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 Agency’s fuel regulations prevents gas stations from offering it each summer when America’s roadways are the busiest. When I served in Congress, we got close and for his part, President Donald Trump tried to use administrative powers to remove that glitch during his first term in 2019. But, ...
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 worked. Anywhere! Yet Seattle too just elected a socialist mayor. “Let’s give socialism a chance,” said a student writing in The Student Life, a college newspaper. Americans should know we already gave socialism a chance. The only reason we get to celebrate Thanksgiving with lots of food ...
Several university leaders have expressed shock when actions by Donald Trump and his 2.0 administration officials have gone directly counter to what he and his appointees supposedly learned during their business-related college education. But, what do professors know? I’ve been privileged to teach and serve as a Marketing department head at an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited institution; only 6% of business schools worldwide achieve AACSB recognition. As such, one gets to know the multi-year process that third-party evaluators, which include corporate ...
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 simple sound boosting. The system, known as Audio Enhancement, functions as a critical, multi-purpose platform. Its features include sound equalization throughout classrooms and common spaces, intercom, bells, paging, and an integrated safety system. Altogether, it serves to improve both the ...
