by Barbara Grassley | Oct 22, 2020 | Opinion
So many life events and celebrations, from graduations to birthdays and weddings have been impacted by the pandemic. Earlier this year, when schools shut down and entire sectors of the economy closed to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, it also put the...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Oct 20, 2020 | Congress, Opinion
We are wrapping up a historic event in our nation: the Senate confirmation hearing for 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett for a seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Barrett would be the first mother of school-age children to serve on...
by Luke Martz | Oct 15, 2020 | Opinion
The campaign of Theresa Greenfield appears to be attempting to mislead Iowans less than three weeks before the election. While the Federal Election Commission’s inner workings may be relatively unknown to most Iowans, complaints filed with the FEC have become...
by Alan Ostergren | Oct 14, 2020 | Opinion, Policy
“Defund the police” has become the new rallying cry from the left. They claim that police are a part of a systematically unjust society and that the only way to break that system is to defund it. In a sense, this is a more extreme version of the often-made claim that...
by Paul Pate | Oct 9, 2020 | Opinion, State Government
Iowans have options about how we choose to vote. We can cast an absentee ballot from the comfort of our home, in-person at the county auditor’s office, or vote at the polls on Election Day. All three methods are safe and secure. Whichever method you choose, it’s...
by Steve Scheffler | Oct 8, 2020 | Campaigns, Opinion
As the Republican Committeeman for Iowa since 2008, and as the president of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, I can think of no issue of greater singular importance than the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. We have...
