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People take finances seriously, personally and with an air of privacy; few want unsolicited input.
Some of them might seem like petty freedoms, but what is the government if not an amalgamation of petty restrictions?
Asking the Department of Natural Resources, under current management, to save even a waterway it’s dubbed “outstanding” is an exercise …
This year has been identified as the worst year in recent history for legislative attacks against LGBTQ+ identifying individuals and …
Giving government officials special legal protection is the antithesis of limited government.
Bills considered and passed paint a picture of the Iowans the Legislature actually serves
Environmental justice means everyone must have equal access to the decision-making process
Iowa has a very stable state economy because we set ourselves up for success by having a healthy budget and part-time Legislature
Iowans can have guns, liquor delivery and a little school choice, as a treat
Good riddance to the puritanical restrictions we lost during the COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks has visited vaccination sites in all 24 counties in the 2nd District, and she has stuck patients’ arms herself in most of the counties she represents.
Gov. Reynolds praised the new bill as creating “choice” for landlords. Stripping these communities of their source of income ordinances actually offers a reduction in options for tenants.
Given all the talk this week about a Linn County gambling referendum this fall, I tried this past week to …
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