Our family is growing. Daughter number one and only recently got engaged, which means there is a wedding and new son-in-law in our future. The engagement took my husband by surprise. I think he was (is?) in denial about our kids growing up. I am right there with him. It's a river big enough for ...

As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as part of my Victims Reform Agenda, I've put reform and renewal of the juvenile justice law on the committee's docket. The 40-plus year old Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act has provided guidelines and resources to help states ...

In 2007, the Iowa Legislature required school districts to adopt safe school policies to guard against harassment and bullying. Unfortunately, there is still too much of it going on.This issue was once again brought to forefront by the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in central Iowa. This was the ...

Our family is growing. Daughter number one and only recently got engaged, which means there is a wedding and new son-in-law in our future. The engagement took my husband by surprise. I think he was (is?) in denial about our kids growing up. I am right there with him. It's a river big enough for ...

As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as part of my Victims Reform Agenda, I've put reform and renewal of the juvenile justice law on the committee's docket. The 40-plus year old Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act has provided guidelines and resources to help states ...

Young, old or in between, every worker collecting a paycheck has a stake in Medicare. The federal health insurance program covering older and permanently disabled citizens is funded through a payroll tax collected on wage earners and cost-sharing by recipients.Medicare has provided health and ...

Seasons come and go. The sun rises and sets. We celebrate beginnings, endings and all things in between. This weekend, we celebrate mothers.Even though I am a mother myself, the day is clouded by the fact that I am a Mother's Day orphan. The day, while a celebration, also becomes a time tinged ...

Young, old or in between, every worker collecting a paycheck has a stake in Medicare. The federal health insurance program covering older and permanently disabled citizens is funded through a payroll tax collected on wage earners and cost-sharing by recipients.Medicare has provided health and ...

Seasons come and go. The sun rises and sets. We celebrate beginnings, endings and all things in between. This weekend, we celebrate mothers.Even though I am a mother myself, the day is clouded by the fact that I am a Mother's Day orphan. The day, while a celebration, also becomes a time tinged ...

Q: Why is the month of May designated to observe the nation's foster care system?A: It's a good opportunity to highlight an important issue that affects 400,000 children in America. Every year 255,000 kids enter the foster care system and the average stay lasts two years. For nearly three ...