As I reflect on all that encompassed 2016, I can’t help but consider my 2015 reflection. My hope remains strengthened …
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As I reflect on all that encompassed 2016, I can’t help but consider my 2015 reflection. My hope remains strengthened …
When they were younger, I read to my children every night. Quite often, I was pleasantly surprised at the messages …
Medicaid is at risk of being dismantled in Washington, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Iowa stand …
I strongly support the Iowa General Assembly’s projected passage of law banning the use of automated traffic enforcement (‘ATE”) cameras …
Much of the news coverage of last week’s legal appeal of the Iowa Utilities Board’s decision to grant Dakota Access …
Thirty-four year old Scott Siepker, the Iowa writer and producer who takes credit for creating the term ‘Iowa Nice,” has …
Now that Donald Trump is our president-elect, many people are wondering what that means for student loan borrowers. In Iowa, …
In the months leading to up to our most recent general election, rhetoric around immigrants and immigration became heated, with …
My older brother received a Flexible Flyer for Christmas, and I got a full case of envy. Our mother thought …
The faint, sweet smell of the evergreen tree drifts through the air. Christmas lights dance among the branches, twinkling against …
When mental health issues become visible, it often happens explosively and tragically. The shootings at Newtown and Virginia Tech, along …
Over shopping mall loudspeakers and radio waves the words repeat, song after song, ‘Peace on Earth.” Yet for many of …
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