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...

In a change from the past few weeks which were booked with subcommittee and committee meetings, my calendar last week was instead booked with floor debate. This was where many of the bills we’ve...

As a board-certified rehabilitation nurse in Iowa, I see firsthand how Medicare Advantage plans systematically deny stroke survivors access to inpatient rehabilitation. These denials are not just bureaucratic...

Q: What is the “Be the One” campaign all about? A: This grassroots effort raises public awareness about veteran suicide and facilitates training and prevention strategies using one-on-one...

The month of March, then called Martius, was the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. Named for Mars, the god of war, it became the third month when the Romans began using the Julian calendar....

Do you remember how much of your childhood was spent waiting to get old enough? No matter how many birthdays you'd had, there was always something you wanted to have, or longed to do, that was prohibited...

Taking issue with Miller-Meeks’ budget vote Mariannette Miller-Meeks is not representing the people in her district. There are 169,000 Medicaid recipients in Iowa’s first congressional district,...

Iowa taxpayers provided about$104 million last school year directly to parents choosing to send their K-12 children to private schools. The price tag for these education savings accounts, or vouchers,...

This month has several interesting things going for it, including National Pig Day and National Wedding Planning Day, both of which happened last Saturday. I know that even the simplest wedding requires...

After deciding some fourteen years ago to take on an additional career venture which involved direct communication with Public Works people, it didn’t take long for me to realize the important role...

Q: Why did President Trump create the Department of Government Efficiency? A: The American people delivered a resounding message in November. They’re fed up with lawlessness at our southern border...