“Why do we need a tourism director anyway?” These are the words my eldest son shared with me two months into my role as the Tourism Director of the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce. My initial reaction, jokingly, was, “How dare you. This job will help pay for you to go to ...
Each April, agencies across the country take time to honor the unsung heroes of emergency response during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This year, from April 13th to 19th, Marshall County joins communities nationwide in recognizing the dedication, skill, and commitment of our ...
I’m always grateful for the chance to connect with you and hear directly about the issues that matter most. I appreciated the opportunity to hear from so many constituents and share about the victories we’ve had for Iowans already this session at the League of Women Voters forum in Story ...
Each year for Tax Day, my colleagues and I at the Institute for Policy Studies release a tax receipt so you can learn where your taxes are actually going. This year, you may be more worried about the price of eggs than your tax dollars. But with President Trump now urging a $1 trillion ...
I must be getting old. I find I can now sit down and read and enjoy high-brow intellectual, philosophical, God-consciousness books and get a lot of good out of them. It probably has something to do with me being ill with what might be a catastrophic illness and thinking about mortality. Don’t ...
Friends, House Ways & Means Committee Approves Farm to Table Meat Sales All session long, I have been working on this bill, and I was able to get it through the Agriculture committee and now the Ways and Means committee. It is now eligible for a floor vote. On Wednesday, April 9, ...