On one February day alone, the Trump administration abruptly fired an estimated 14,000 federal workers. Among them was Brian Gibbs, a National Park Service ranger whose heartbreaking account of losing his “dream job” puts a human face on a crisis that threatens the very fabric of American ...

Iowa is facing a critical housing shortage in rural and urban communities. According to the Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa needs an additional 25,000 homes by 2030 to keep up with demand and a quarter of Iowa households struggle to pay for housing. The shortage of housing is also driving the ...

Iowa taxpayers provided about $104 million last school year directly to parents choosing to send their K-12 children to private schools. The price tag for these education savings accounts, or vouchers, is expected to climb to $294 million this school year as more families become eligible. ...

Thank you to Rep. Mike Sexton for the easy to understand explanation of the bill movement process. “Friday, Feb. 14, was the last day individual Representatives and Senators are able to have a bill drafted. This keeps us from just keep having bills drafted one after another which will never ...

This was week 6 of the session. We are continuing with committee work, and we are also running bills on the House floor and sending them over to the Senate. On Thursday, we passed House File 175, regarding in-state tuition for veterans and their families. HF 175 requires Iowa’s community ...

Week 6 is complete and the first legislative funnel deadline is rapidly approaching. The next two weeks will be very busy with subcommittee and committee meetings as legislators try to get bills passed by committee in order to keep them alive for the session. On Thursday, I had the privilege to ...