After months of debate, President Donald Trump signed his “Big, Beautiful, Bill” into law on Independence Day. If Congress had …
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After months of debate, President Donald Trump signed his “Big, Beautiful, Bill” into law on Independence Day. If Congress had …
How Watershed Work Protects Our Future
In the 1980s and 1990s Democrats offered some great proposals for farm bill reform that managed supply along the lines …
During World War II, countless young men answered the call to serve their country, stepping into a world of unimaginable …
Thanks in large part to nitrate fertilizer pollution from farming operations in Iowa, the state’s waterways, which are public resources, …
The extraordinary efforts being made by young people across this country to achieve education’s long-standing goals must be commended. This …
While campaigning for president, Donald Trump proposed mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but his administration would focus on immigrants with …
Lately, I’ve been thinking about some of the great times I had teaching high school. I remember those rare times when …
A warning for city council members, community organizers, and other leaders
The unimaginable has now become commonplace: Stripping health care from 56,000 Iowans. Taking food assistance and safety nets away from …
The GOP used to be against big bills — I still am
A couple weeks ago, one could observe Central Iowans pushing carts full of bottled water out of box stores and …
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