by John Hendrickson | Sep 28, 2022 | Governor, Opinion
Governor Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa’s budget will end Fiscal Year 2022 with a $1.91 billion surplus. This follows Fiscal Year 2021 $1.24 billion surplus. Iowa’s budget is in healthy condition because of prudent budgeting and fiscal conservative policies....
by Luke Martz | Sep 17, 2022 | Opinion
After Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann’s appearance on Jeff Angelo’s show Thursday, Axne bails on the host at the very last minute. Angelo said he was going to ask about Axne’s stock problems, as reported by the New York Times earlier in the week. Here’s Angelo’s...
by Luke Martz | Sep 14, 2022 | Opinion
The Des Moines Register’s editorial board has always been on the far left end of the spectrum, sometimes to the point of crazy. Still, it’s always been consistent in defending free speech and promoting the idea that open and diverse political debate is a good thing. ...
by Governor Kim Reynolds | Sep 14, 2022 | Education, Governor, Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op-ed by Gov.Reynolds responds to a recent Des Moines Register editorial that defended Linn-Mar’s policy to keep parents in the dark about their child’s wish to transition to the opposite gender. Gov. Reynolds originally submitted the...
by Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Sep 3, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
When I turned eighteen in 1973, I made the most important decision of my life and enlisted in the United States Army, inspired by my father’s service in the United States Air Force. I served in the Army for twenty-four years; first enlisted, then as an active duty...
by Luke Martz | Aug 24, 2022 | Federal, Opinion
President Joe Biden announced a student loan forgiveness plan on Wednesday. His executive order would “cancel $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers making under $125,000 a year or couples making less than $250,000 a year,” according to the Wall Street...
