Hugo Balta, executive editor of The Fulcrum, whose social media platform exhibits highly factual and credible ratings from Media Bias/Fact Check, wrote in his Jan. 25 op-ed “now is the time to advance on DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] initiatives” as opposed to President Trump and ...
I heard from fellow Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members up in Worth County their Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance that enacts common-sense protections from hazardous liquid pipelines. That’s the eleventh county to pass an ordinance pushing back against Summit’s ...
Health care is big business in the United States. So big it can be hard to wrap your head around. America’s largest health care company, the UnitedHealth Group, pulled in over $100 billion in revenue in just the fourth quarter of 2024 alone. For the full year, the giant’s insurance ...
With the first few weeks of the legislative session under our belts, it’s time to turn our attention to one of our most important duties - supporting public education. Probably the biggest decision in front of us is deciding how much money the state will invest in public schools across the ...
As we wrap up the third week of the legislative session, we are seeing several key pieces of legislation gaining momentum. This week, we debated and voted on the first three bills, which have now been sent to the Senate. From there, they will be considered and, ultimately, land on the ...
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird again tried to put herself in the national spotlight last week as leader of a group of Republican attorneys general who fixed their sights on Costco over the warehouse retailer’s DEI policies. The state attorneys sent a stern warning letter telling the ...