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View from My Window

There are ways to reduce your risk of dementia I am taking a break from the anxiety being created by this legislative session and Governor Reynolds.  Every day local control is being usurped in our schools, libraries, and the courts. In my opinion, every child should be equally loved, and parents have the responsibility and right to determine health care…

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The Capitol Roundup

~by Sen Jesse Green March 24, 2023 The past couple weeks have been the busiest of the year so far at the Capitol. The second deadline is approaching, so lawmakers are frantic trying to get their priority bills out of their respective chamber and advocating for them in the other chamber. If a bill does not pass out of the…

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People Over Politics

Fixing Iowa’s mental health crisis ~by Jennifer Konfrst, Iowa House Democratic leader With just over a month left in session, there’s still time to make some progress on the issues important to Iowa.  I share the frustration of so many Iowans who are exhausted by the divisive politics pushed by too many at the State Capitol this session.  While not…

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An extraordinary fellow

~a column by Colleen O’Brien The history of Jimmy’s Carter’s presidency gives him little quarter; according to too many, he failed. An honest person is more likely doomed to fail in politics than a person who can dissemble; a person who wants to work in a profession that takes a lot of compromise without compromising one’s own integrity is rare.…

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View from My Window

~a column by Mary Weaver, Democrat Women’s Caucus chair I have been trying to lose some weight. When I am hungry, I am hard to live with. ( Just ask my husband.) When I am really hungry I get a headache, and sort of wobbly, but I am fortunate to always have food available. There are friends and neighbors near…

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Capitol Roundup

~by Sen Jesse Green On Tuesday night, the Iowa Senate passed a monumental bill in the line of defending children. No longer can children who are confused about gender or sex go to a doctor, school nurse, or teacher, and explain their confusion and end up being mutilated or sterilized. I am disappointed to see how some news organizations have…

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People Over Politics

A tough week at the State Capitol ~a column by Jennifer Confrst, Iowa House Democratic leader I’ll be honest, it was a tough week at the State Capitol. For lots of Iowans and for me, too.  The GOP leaders of the House and Senate decided to push through a host of anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced this year to…

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For our daughters

~a column by Senator Joni Ernst (R), Iowa Iowa has a celebrated history of exceptional girls’ sports programs. We just saw the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team take home their fifth Big Ten Tournament title, days after cheering on the high school girls competing in the state tournament. Last year, the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union proudly sanctioned girls…

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Do we have to have another one?

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Florida is far away from Iowa, so what’s it matter what the Florida governor is doing to education and civil rights? We have our own problems with our guv. However, Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, is diving whole-hog into autocratic behavior in order to get votes two years from now. I think he’s making a mistake…

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Biden is trying to make your 401(k) broke and woke

~a column by Sen Joni Ernst, R, of Iowa Millions of Americans spend their lifetime planning, saving, and investing into their 401(k)s with the goal of retiring peacefully, knowing they will be financially stable throughout their golden years. But with President Biden in the White House, the stability Iowans spent decades working towards is in jeopardy. Americans’ savings are already nearing an…

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