The start of a new academic year always brings renewed energy, and this fall is no exception at Marshalltown Community College. As students and faculty return to campus, MCC is celebrating enrollment growth, significant facility improvements, and a calendar of events designed to strengthen ...
I have the same upsetting concerns felt by all of us — for example, cuts in Medicare, growing the national debt, rising prices — all are really worrisome. But I must refer to another concern where our representatives and senators have let us down. The federal funding for Iowa Public TV ...
How we choose judges is neither perfect nor devoid of politics. Yet Iowa does it better than many states, where judicial elections attract partisanship, ethical quagmires, and loads of PAC money. For more than 60 years, Iowa governors have appointed trial and appellate judges from a list of ...
The first day of school recently arrived at our house. I woke up early to get the kids ready in time to take a few pictures out on the front porch before we left. I have to admit, I made them do the chalkboard thing — the mug shot where you write their teacher’s name and their grade on ...
During Joe Biden’s presidency, we saw historic levels of inflation, non-stop price hikes, and a $1.8 trillion expansion of the regulatory state. These costs hit Iowans hard, especially small businesses and family farms that operate on razor-thin margins. Republicans have been hard at work ...
On Wednesday, Aug. 20, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin to formally implement legislation that I introduced to lower the cost of crop insurance for the next generation of Iowa farmers and producers. My bill – the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act – ...