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What is the most important lesson your mother has ever taught you?
My mother’s goal was lifelong financial freedom for our family
The governor cares about women’s rights when she can score political points by bullying transgender kids
Iowa lawmakers passed one of the broadest DEI bans in the country.
Iowa conservatives are cleaning out their racial anxiety closet.
It’s no wonder college campuses are the epicenter of the anti-Israel protests that have dominated headlines for the past week …
Here are numbers that reflect the action and inaction of the the 2004 session.
The only way religion is being attacked is using it as an excuse to harm, belittle, and persecute marginalized communities
With the stroke of a pen, a person’s sex ceases to be the fixed and immutable physiological classification we know it to be.
Sometimes, a legislative sneak attack under cover of darkness runs out of time.
Advice on how to help your kids survive and thrive
Today, it’s our kids wanting to stay safe. Yesterday, it was us.
The Iowa House approved a bill this past week raising salaries for lawmakers and statewide government officials. But as legislators hurtled toward adjournment Friday and into Saturday, the Senate said “No thanks” to an election year pay increase.
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