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Opinion

Cornfields, Common Sense and Community

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This week was the thirteenth week of session, and it was busy with debate. The bills we debated covered issues including agriculture, appropriate teacher student relations and THC levels of products sold in Iowa. This week we also confirmed several of the governor’s appointees. We also ...

District 53 Newsletter from Rep. Dean Fisher

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We have finished week 13 of the session, but we are continuing to pass policy bills, including bills that have come back from the Senate with amendments, as work on the budget continues. Senate File 2391, known as the Meat Integrity Act, is a bill to establish fair labeling standards on the ...

Take action during Child Abuse Prevention Month

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The officer took up his position across from the couch where the group of four were sitting. Two men. One woman, and a child. Probably four years old. Maybe five depending on nutrition or slow growth. From where the officer stood, he could see into the kitchen. Encrusted food caked the ...

Sharp-shinned hawk makes appearance

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A Sharp-shinned hawk is one of nature’s speed machines, a fast and very agile flyer that can pursue small birds through thick forested stands of trees. It likes to ambush its prey from cover, or chase its prey for a quick grasp. Small songbirds are on its menu which includes sparrows, wood ...

Hillary was right the first time

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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton was criticized for her use of the word “superpredators” back in 1996. Some on the left laid into her, accusing Clinton of racism. Meanwhile, her opponent, Donald Trump, trying to sucker leftist Bernie Sanders voters into not voting ...

Perfectionism

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On the surface, perfectionism may seem harmless. After all, most of us strive to be our best every day. In reality however, perfectionism can become a desire to avoid mistakes, errors, and failures that—let’s be honest—are common in life. While not a psychological disorder in itself, ...