The first funnel week is behind us and we’ve been busy in the Senate with late-night debates and important decisions being made. Unfortunately, some of those decisions were not in line with the highest priority concerns I’ve heard from constituents in my district. Late at night on Tuesday, ...
Last week we entered the debate phase of the session, with bills being sent to theSenate, and few already making it to the Governor’s desk. Ilow House Republicans passed Senate File 75 to establish licensure in Iowa for Rural Emergency Hospitals. This bill was a priority bill for the ...
Playing football, basketball, track, and baseball and the relative success these teams saw due mostly to my teammates and a little credit due to me, taught me how to work as a team to achieve a common goal and other life experiences. Despite these successes on the gridiron, court, track, and ...
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 ...