Iowa’s 87th general assembly (2017-2018) was a mind-boggling head-spinner. Two examples: First, we saw a $1.058 billion negative budgetary turnaround …
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Iowa’s 87th general assembly (2017-2018) was a mind-boggling head-spinner. Two examples: First, we saw a $1.058 billion negative budgetary turnaround …
From the Great Depression to the Great Recession, and fake accounts to redlining practices, banks have a lengthy history of …
With U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley preparing to step down as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the time has come to …
The 2018 farm bill passed both the U.S. House and Senate, keeping intact the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as …
Ben Franklin’s 1776 admonition to the Founders is just as applicable today in rural Iowa. ‘We must, indeed, all hang …
As I savored my morning coffee, thoughts wandered to people I admire. Perhaps my coffee’s water once passed through Thomas …
It’s one of the most important conversations that none of us want to have. It’s the conversation with loved ones …
Iowa has a complex and extensive system of tax credits, all of which suffer from poor transparency and shaky justifications. …
The federal government’s Fourth National Climate Assessment should be a major wake-up call for the Midwest. The report details the …
The magic of Christmas comes in many shapes and forms. I remember the shiny gloss of a purple-and-white J.C. Higgins …
Yemen, where children are starving because of a civil war, desperately needs a peace treaty. Let’s pray Yemen gets a …
Like so many Iowans, I know about tight budgets. Twenty-one years ago, I was a single mother raising two children. …
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