CHICAGO — A “middle class” income no longer guarantees financial security, threatening both the nation’s economy and its social fabric, according to a new report released Wednesday, Sept. 25,...

Thirty-three years ago on a snowy Friday in November, the nightmare of mass school shootings shocked Iowa like it has never been shocked before. It was 3:40 p.m. A former University of Iowa graduate...

I guess I've known for most of my life that time is relative. To a four-year-old, four years is in fact a lifetime. To a college student, it's the fleeting memories of high school days. To the couple...

If you've read this column for more than a few weeks, you must be aware that I blame the advertising community for some of the things that are going wrong in this world. Some of the reasons I do that...

WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on a bill to hold the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) accountable for running a $3 billion deficit on its 2024 fund...

For more than 100 years, the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa has been a grassroots organization dedicated to empowering voters. The League is a trusted source of objective information...

As Iowans have come to expect of this Senator, in August, I finished my annual 99 county meetings, holding at least one Q&A meeting in every county across my home state. I’ve kept this tradition...

I have fielded a bunch of emails, text messages and phone calls in the days since the school shooting in Winder, Georgia. Each one is from Perry, Iowa. Each one had the same question for me and the...

Mrs. Cotter was one of the teachers who profoundly influenced my life. She was my homeroom teacher during the confusing first days of junior high, which began with sixth grade in our own. She rigidly enforced...

Bobby and Beverly were twins, a few years older than I was. They lived in a large Victorian house at the end of our street. Because of the age difference, I seldom played with them, but often joined...

There's something special about the first day of school. Even now, I find myself anticipating the beginning of a new adventure when those first yellow busses appear, loaded with chattering children,...

We are in the home stretch of another presidential campaign, and it is important for voters to be alert for the unintended consequences of candidates’ promises. Office-seekers and their supporters...