Summer is just around the corner, and for many people, it’s a time to reset, recharge — and maybe even rethink their goals. At Iowa Valley Community College District, we’re making it easier than ever for students to stay on track or get ahead with fast, flexible, and affordable options ...
I am very concerned about cuts to Medicaid proposed in the U.S.House Budget Resolution. I have a personal interest because I have family members who receive Medicaid to cover their health care. Many of you may also be affected by the proposed cuts. Perhaps you, yourself receive benefits or ...
Two wrongs do not make a right. There’s really no argument on that point. But morality, morals, right, wrong and politics are easy to grapple with from the sidelines when you are inclined to think both political parties have lost their minds. Thus we arrive at the group chat from ...
Rep. Dean Fisher’s latest assault on Iowa’s libraries isn’t about protecting taxpayers or children — it’s about silencing viewpoints he dislikes and keeping voters scared, uninformed, and easy to control. His support for House File 880 is nothing more than a paranoid attempt to punish ...
On Tuesday of this week we passed a bill that was special to our district. House File 933 was a bill that implemented a new license for pediatric palliative care, a type of hospice specifically for children. There are currently only three such facilities in the United States, none in Iowa. The ...
In the face of rising costs for Iowans, the Governor and Republican lawmakers are pushing two bills this session that would make life even tougher for many Iowa families. The first could take away healthcare from up to 182,000 Iowa families. Currently, those families receive healthcare ...