The budgeting process proceeded last week. The Senate and House are working on their initial proposals. The Senate and House have 7 different budget subcommittees that are responsible for various parts of the state budget. As I have reported before, I chair the Senate Justice Systems budget …
Like so many Iowans, I was born and raised on a rural family farm, where we made our living raising livestock and crops. The work was tough – and not always pretty – but my family took extraordinary pride in the work we did and the hogs and crops we raised, as do so many Iowa families, farme…
April 19 City Council Meeting
Two COVID-19 vaccines and two weeks to let them kick in and just like that, my world could be back to normal.
My wife and I get a big kick out of those car insurance commercials that have a fictional character named Dr. Rick. He is supposedly a specialist that works with younger adults that are becoming their parents through behavior and actions. I know one of the reasons we like them so much is we …
There is a bill about to be finished up in the Iowa Legislature. Few people are aware of what it does. House File 813 is a bill touted as giving Iowa families more school choices for their children.
“What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast” – Anthony Bourdain
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Iowa Workforce Development has announced Iowa’s unemployment rate for the month of September was 4.7 percent. Unemployment has gone down for 5 straight months after the April high. The national rate for September was 7.9 percent. We have the 5th lowest rate in the nation, trailing only Nebr…
Additional Grant Funding Recommended – On Thursday, the City was notified by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that an additional $706,000 of funding is being recommended for award to the City. This is outstanding news! As you may recall, the City was previously awarded $1 million for…
