by John Hendrickson | Sep 20, 2021 | Governor, Opinion
The Des Moines Register released a new poll that shows a 53 percent job approval rating for Governor Kim Reynolds. This is up from 51 percent from the last poll. Governor Reynolds approval rating is even higher, 57 percent, when asked how she has handled Iowa’s...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Sep 17, 2021 | Congress, Opinion
Each week, when Congress wraps up its work in Washington, D.C., I can’t wait to return home to Iowa. Most weekends, that means heading out on my 99 County Tour to connect with folks, share updates on what I’m working on in the Senate on their behalf, and hear about...
by Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Sep 17, 2021 | Congress, Opinion
As a Member of the United States House of Representatives from the great state of Iowa, I have the honor of representing the interests of family farmers, producers, and ranchers. Farming is a way of life for many Iowans, and we all understand how our local farmers...
by Randy Feenstra | Sep 16, 2021 | Congress, Opinion
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently announced that, within the next month, the federal government will exhaust so-called “extraordinary measures” that are being used to fund our debt obligations. Put simply, this means a fight to raise the debt ceiling will be at...
by Luke Martz | Sep 13, 2021 | Education, Governor, Opinion
Judge Robert W. Pratt has struck down Gov. Kim Reynolds’s mask mandate ban. Pratt, a federal judge, serving in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, issued the ruling today in Des Moines. The ruling, in a nutshell, says that, in the judge’s view,...
by Chris Ingstad | Sep 13, 2021 | Opinion
“I’m just going to have to sell my house because I can’t afford it.” Iowans have repeated this same refrain, or something similar, over and over for years and they’re justified in feeling that way. Consider some of these trends over the past decade from across the...
