BySenator Tom HarkinWASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that the Sac and Fox Tribe, commonly known as the Meskwaki Tribe, in Tama County received $311,616 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program. These funds ...
(DES MOINES)-Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn) announced today that she will be joining Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey (R-Spirit Lake) during one of the Secretary's stops in eastern Iowa. Pettengill will join Northey at the Farm Bureau office in Vinton, 1105 W. 9th St.. on July 16, ...
By Senator Charles GrassleyQ: How does international trade benefit Iowa?A: International trade helps Iowans stretch their hard-earned dollars by creating a larger marketplace for competition, which leads to lower prices and more choices. Trade also helps Iowa manufacturers lower their input ...
By Laura SnyderTo all the childless women I have ever talked to about having children: I'm sorry.Why is it that when women who have children are in a room with childless women, we want to impart every horror we have ever encountered in child-rearing to the unsuspecting, wide-eyed novice?Most ...
I'll Volunteer!Go to theatres and offer to usher at stage productions in exchange for being able to see the shows. I've seen marvelous productions in my college city for free.Nancy from Statesboro, GAEasy ToiletryOrganizerWe have a small bathroom. I bought a shoe holder (with pockets) that ...
BySenator Tom HarkinThe American Dream LivesBy Senator Tom HarkinOn the wall of my Washington Senate office, I have two simple framed items. One is a postcard dated July 19, 1939, inviting my unemployed coalminer father to report for work with FDR's Works Progress Administration. The other is ...
By U.S. Rep. Leonard BoswellOn November 2, 2008, as millions of Americans cast their ballot for Barak Obama as President, my colleagues and I in Congress heard the nation's cry for change. I know that many Iowans went to the polls with a variety of issues on their minds, things they wanted ...
BySenator Charles GrassleyQ:What is Twitter?A: Twitter is a free online networking service that lets users send and read short messages. You can follow posts on twitter.com, even if you don't post yourself. Twitter first began as a way for people to keep up and stay connected with friends, ...
Ladies SneakerSavingsBuy tennis shoes/sneakers in the children's department. A woman's size "8" is the same as a boy's size "6." This has saved us half the price for name brand footwear.LetaniaOverhead StorageA place to find storage is over the doors and windows. A simple shelf laid across two ...
By Laura SnyderYou know what my house needs? It needs a team of gypsy cleaning fairies. Not just your ordinary run-of-the-mill gypsy cleaning fairies, but the sort that can see invisible stuff. Things like a smear of pancake syrup on the edge of a kitchen chair. You don't even know it's ...