Althea Cole

‘Big Kim Energy’ will endure

I recently received a notice of proposed rate increase from MidAmerican Energy. I’m sure quite a few of us in …

While the U.S. Senate was in recess, Sen. Chuck Grassley became the first in Iowa’s congressional delegation to offer up …

Bill would create smoother path to licensure for aspiring barbers, stylists

Exactly five years later, the memories from that first year of the COVID-19 pandemic remain as surreal as the year …

How to do it is the hard part

Of all the testimony I saw last week as Iowa legislators debated removing gender identity protections from the Iowa Civil …

Two years after Education Savings Accounts were signed into law to allow Iowa families to spend their portion of per-pupil …

On this Feb. 17 President’s Day, here are 17 trivia questions to test, expand your presidential knowledge

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. If it sounds like an …

I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since yesterday

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the …

For better or worse, I had made it to Washington, D.C., and I was going to that inauguration. I flew …

Tomorrow’s the big day for Big Orange. At noon EST on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of …

I wish I could say that President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the Nov. 5 election came as a surprise …