Like many people who call this state home, I have long taken an interest in the careers and achievements of people who have gotten their start in Iowa. As a kid, I was fascinated to walk through that two-room cottage in West Branch, knowing a president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, ...

This week in the House, Rep. Heather Matson of Ankeny bravely told her story of struggling with infertility and using in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to become a mom. She knows personally how critical it is to protect this option for Iowans who desperately want to become a parent, and she’s ...

Last month, the country learned the tragic news that 22-year-old Laken Riley – a nursing student from Georgia – was murdered by an illegal immigrant while out on a jog in broad daylight. As a father of four, my heart breaks for the friends and family of Laken who are enduring unimaginable ...

Week 9 of the session was again filled with debate as we continue to send bills over to the Senate. This newsletter is also continuing discussion about bills passed in week 8 as well. After the initial discussion about Special Education and the Area Education Agencies spurred by the ...

This week was busy, as legislators continued to move priority bills ahead of the second legislative deadline. This is known as the “second funnel.” We also had floor debates to get those priorities over to the Iowa House of Representatives for further consideration. This week I had the ...

Sometimes, it feels like so many things in this world are out of our control. That we can do nothing to change the outcome of those big problems. In my line of conservation work, I look at declining pollinator and bird populations, our chocolate milk waterways, and people losing connection to ...