Last week brought a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill during funnel week as we sorted out what bills would survive the process through committees. I am confident this week's discussions and debates on the House floor going forward into this session will help low flourish and I will continue ...
Meet my clerk I wanted to take a moment this week to pull back the curtain and introduce you to the secret of my success in the Senate: my clerk Nathaniel Harwood. Nathaniel is from Cedar Falls and graduated from Iowa State University in December with a degree in political science. He ...
With a record of 29 unique pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation released already this year, Iowa’s LGBTQ community has a message for the Iowa GOP legislators targeting them: enough. Multiple LGBTQ advocacy organizations, business owners, community gathering places, Pride organizations, and ...
As a resident of the North Tama School District, we have an important vote coming up on March 7. The vote addresses the future of North Tama Schools. The 1917 core building has numerous facility challenges that threaten the ability of the school to provide a quality education to students in ...
As the Board of Trustees for Hawkeye Community College, we’re committed to ensuring the public's investment in Hawkeye is protected. In 2015, voters approved a bond referendum to help the college fund a 10-year facilities plan. This came at a pivotal time in Hawkeye's history. It not only ...
As the weather warms up and farmers pull the machinery out of the shed to make the final tune ups before planting, I am lucky, blessed, and excited to have this be my first year on my own farming. If you asked me when I was a kid playing my PlayStation 2 if I wanted to be a farmer, it would ...
The warming of the planet influences the amount and distribution of precipitation. Although there are exceptions, in general, wet areas are expected to become wetter and dry areas drier. Wet areas will become wetter because warmer air can hold more water vapor. Also, warmer air, along with ...
As week eight approaches, its full steam ahead into funnel week at the lowa State Capitol. Any bills that are not actively moving through the process of progressing through subcommittee and committee approval will run out of time to be taken up this year's session, so it will be a flurry of ...
It’s been another busy week at the Capitol with a flurry of subcommittee and committee meetings ahead of the first legislative funnel date of March 3. Bills have to make it out of committee by the first funnel date to stay alive for the session, so legislators are pushing to keep their ...
March 7, 2023 is the date to vote on the North Tama School Bond. As a lifelong Traer resident, with two young children soon to be starting school at North Tama, I will be voting YES to approve the bond. Traer is a great community and is thriving. We need to ensure the school gets the necessary ...