The boss told Gus Malzahn on Sunday that he was no longer needed. His employment was ending immediately.
With that blunt conversation, Malzahn became another statistic of 2020. He took
Tone-deaf.
That’s the dismal state of the political discourse in our nation these days.
Regrettably, Iowa has an all-too-prominent role in this bumbling lack of awareness
UPDATED: The appropriations bill Congress sent to President Donald Trump Sept. 30 to keep the federal government open through Dec. 11 includes a section giving hospitals one year, instead of the current three months, to start paying back all of the accelerated Medicare payments they received in the
The death of Congressman John Lewis last Friday night accomplished what police officers with their billy clubs and white mobs with their fists and pipes never were able to achieve:
It’s quiz time.
What arm of the federal government has the most contact with ordinary Americans, people like you and me?
Is it the Internal Revenue Service? Social Security
Schools across Iowa have been dark for more than a week because of winter vacation.
But a Des Moines teacher still managed to teach a very important lesson during that
Whenever a friend or relative dies, it’s not unusual to find ourselves dwelling on the conversations we wish had occurred or the questions that never got asked.
That certainly
How many more will it take?
How many more mass shootings?
How many more bodies of adults and children will need to pile up — in the aisles of retail stores,
Whoever emerges as leading U.S. lights to develop policy will need to take into consideration just how the deck is stacked against implementing climate change policy that can make a difference and what cracks to exploit to save Earth from itself.
Thousands of companies have sought to be excluded from tariffs on goods imported from China while dozens of members of Congress have sought to make the process better.
Some Americans may think their country is divided politically more than ever but political acrimony was more serious, and sometimes violent, in other times in U.S. history, former long-time U.S. congressman James Leach, of Iowa, said in an IowaWatch interview. Listen to the interview in this podcast
Once every five years, the farm bill reauthorizes farm and nutrition programs nationwide, covering programs such as healthy food access for low-income Americans and protecting our environment. A conference committee is working on a new one.
