Election analyst Nate Silver says the outlook for the Nov. 3 general election strongly favors Democratic candidates. But he adds that Republicans have one major advantage: money. Will that be …
Iowa took a decisive step toward the largest private investment in our state’s history. This special session was called for one purpose: to make limited, targeted updates to the Major Economic …
Crazy extremes. You drive through fog and drizzle — Dude, slow down! Sister, turn your headlights on! — to slop through mud at the Iowa Lakeside Lab on West Lake Okoboji. How long have we been …
It should surprise nobody that we urge you to vote for Democratic candidates in the November elections. Republicans have done much damage to Iowa with one-party rule over the last decade. Support …
If you’re over 40, you might remember an iconic 30-second commercial produced in 1992 by the Beef Industry Council and Beef Board. It opened with a burst of fiddles playing an excerpt of Aaron …
The school field trip tragedy last week at Lake Macbride State Park again demonstrated the adage that a rumor can travel halfway around the globe while the truth is still putting on its shoes. …
We’re now only about five weeks out from Election Day 2026. Iowa voters may cast their ballots at their county auditor’s office starting Wednesday, Oct. 14, about two weeks from now. If …
My son Nate Willems is running for Iowa Attorney General. As a mom I was prepared for negative ads against him. But the ugly, vicious lies currently running are way beyond the norm for negative ads. …
Iowa is setting up for a course correction one month out from the November midterm elections. The Republicans’ 10-year grip over the state’s politics is slipping. Iowa is aiming to elect a …
Rep. Ashley Hinson has been a loyal soldier for President Trump in Congress and a tireless partisan in the Second District. This week she voted in support of the war on Iran while her Republican …
Writer Wendell Berry died on Aug. 31. A smidge over two weeks later, writer Annie Dillard died at the age of 81. Compared to Berry, who was 92, she was a pup. They both wrote fiction, poetry, and …
When dealing with the Iowa Public Information Board, being a mind-reader helps. That is one takeaway from the board’s dismissal last week of a public-records complaint against Attorney General …
This year is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. It’s also the 150th anniversary of the closest America has ever come to a constitutional meltdown over the …
As State Auditor, I’ve devoted the last eight years to uncovering waste, fraud and abuse of Iowans’ tax dollars, identifying, on average, more than $4.3 million in misused public funds each year …
The Nov. 3 midterm election is about seven weeks away. According to recent research, 27% of U.S. adults identify as Democrats, 27% as Republicans and 1% belong to a third party. This leaves a massive …
Growing up, organized sports consisted of Little League or high school baseball in the spring and summer. Fall and winter meant basketball since our school was too tiny for football. No adult …
If you think that pinko Rob Sand will make a hash of Iowa, rest easy buckaroo. We’re tops in cancer and rooting around the bottom in economic performance. So things are not that great after 10 …
President Trump’s trade wars and shooting wars help provide clarity. Oil is killing us. It keeps us stuck in a permanent war in the Middle East. The trade war with China ruined soy export markets …
I recently read “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. She was one of many young girls who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. It’s not a read I would easily …
Succession planning and public celebration typically accompany executive retirements. They provide for an orderly leadership transition and public acknowledgment of a job well done. So, two …