Last week (March 31-April 4) marked the second major deadline of the legislative session. This meant that all bills the Senate received from the House of Representatives needed to pass through committee...

Q: What was on the front burner during the first 100 days of the 119th Congress? A: Congress hit the ground running on January 3, when it opened for business. After committee assignments were adopted,...

I'd long been familiar with the clever wit of Ogden Nash's limericks and other humorous poems, but it hadn't occurred to me that he might have written more serious verses. Throughout most of my high...

Hailstorms can cause significant damage to homes, vehicles, and other property, leading to costly repairs. Understanding how to handle an insurance claim after a hail storm can make the process smoother....

Q: What are “universal injunctions?” A: An injunction is a court order requiring someone to do or stop doing a specific action. Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO) are similar to injunctions...

Growing up in the 1950s, Evans family vacations seem typical by rural Midwest standards: car trips to the Ozarks, the Black Hills, Nauvoo and New Salem in Illinois, or St. Louis for a Cardinals baseball...

Gardening starts right after Christmas when the seed catalogs and gardening center ads arrive. After long weeks of disagreeable weather, we are eager for outdoor activities. The promise of fresh baby...

In Week 11 (March 24-28) of the legislative session, it has finally started to feel like spring in Des Moines. With our second major legislative deadline on next week’s horizon, floor debate and subcommittee...

As the president, governors and legislators elevate the stress and anxiety in higher education in the United States by seeking to change how colleges and universities operate and what they teach, the...

For a very long time April was considered to be the first month of the year. It was the time when the northern hemisphere began to return to life. It's quite possible that early man wasn't sure that...

Over 300,000 family caregivers provide the lion's share of care for those with disabilities, including children with special needs, and older Iowans. When family caregivers can no longer provide round...

We all have memories of those silly pranks we played on others on the first day of April when we were kids. They were usually something that we invented on the spot to take advantage of a situation. We'd...