On May 12, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its “Officers Killed and Assaulted in the Line of Duty, 2024 Special Report,” which revealed that law enforcement agencies reported nearly 86,000 assaults on law enforcement officials in 2024, with 64 feloniously killed in the ...
On Saturday, June 28, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Iowa CCI members and others at the Henry A. Wallace Farm north of Orient. It was a reunion of sorts for many of us who first got involved and formed the Adair-Madison CCI chapter in the early 2000’s. I got involved with Iowa CCI ...
Now that Congress has sent the “big, beautiful bill” to the president’s desk, our focus needs to turn to how we handle the aftermath of its implementation. We already know that in Iowa, at least 20 rural hospitals are seriously threatened with closing and six are almost certainly gone. ...
America has a major problem: nearly half of Americans — 42 percent — don’t believe in America. According to Gallup, just 58 percent of adults say they are either “extremely” or “somewhat” proud to be American. That number has been in steep decline for a decade: In 2004, that ...
On Thursday July 3rd, I voted to pass President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” and send it to his desk for his signature – making this historic legislation the law of the land. This pro-family, pro-worker, pro-growth economic package is the culmination of President Trump’s ...
I’m 71 and retired. I live on Social Security. On July 3, right after the U.S. House narrowly passed Trump’s budget bill, the Social Security Administration sent me an email saying “The bill ensures nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on ...