~by State Sen Jesse Green March 11, 2022 I would like to start this week’s newsletter by wishing my dad Frank Green a happy 70th birthday. I appreciate him so much. He taught me to always fight for what I believed, which is why I ran for office. I did not run for office to push buttons, to gain a…
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Capitol Roundup
~by State Senator Jesse Green March 4, 2022 The big headlines from the Capitol this week were the passage of an historic flat tax bill as well as the passage of legislation that will protect girls sports in Iowa. This week I took a moment to speak on the floor in support of the girls sports bill. I believe it…
Read MoreKathy and Steve Cuddy re: All That Jazz
Last Friday (2.25.22) we attended the “All That Jazz” concert at our new high school auditorium concluding an all-day clinic with jazz choir programs from nine high schools from around Iowa. They spent the day working with two very fine jazz artist clinicians. Dr. Justin Binek from Olathe, KS, and Jennifer Parker from St Paul, MN, were recruited by local…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green February 18, 2022 Week 6, known as funnel week, is now in the books. This is historically a very busy week because if a bill does not pass out of full committee in the chamber it was introduced, then the bill is dead for the year. Most of my priority bills survived so I am…
Read MoreSchool board member Daubendiek re: change in graduation requirements
To Greene County Schools constituents: Per the state of Iowa’s instruction, the Greene County High School needs to change from having two diplomas to just one diploma for all. Currently, students can graduate on a standard diploma with 58 credits or a basic diploma with 42 credits. After a committee of staff and board members gathered, it was recommended to…
Read MoreM. Weaver updates status of county bridges, thanks secondary roads dept
To the editor, The headlines in recent print and online newspapers for Iowa have been very frightening regarding unsafe bridges. While President Biden was in Pennsylvania promoting the infrastructure funding from the federal government, a bridge collapsed. Thankfully, no fatalities resulted. The Iowa Department of Transportation web site indicates, Iowa leads the nation with 4571 bridges that are structurally deficient.…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green January 20, 2022 Governor Kim Reynolds has done such a great job leading our state. She is confident, bold, yet still very graceful, and unafraid to take what most would call “political risks.” She does what she believes is right and doesn’t dance around topics. I believe the citizens of Iowa love this about her…
Read MoreReynolds’ 2022 Condition of the State address
When We Put Our Faith in Iowans, Iowans Come Through Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her 2022 Condition of the State Address Tuesday evening, Jan. 11. Below are her remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor, legislative leaders and members, justices and judges, my fellow Iowans: Two years ago, Ilee and Michael Muller were living in California but they were…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green January 7, 2022 Greetings and Happy New Year! Another session has arrived! This has been my first off-season experience since being elected. Having the extra free time the off-season provides to meet with groups and get a feel for what the needs of the district are has been rewarding and beneficial. Generally, election years are…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – M. Weaver on Iowa dollars going to Kansas healthcare staffing company
To the editor, The “River Story” is a common way to describe the importance of planning as well as prevention. Very succinctly the story goes, people were drowning in the river, but the rescuer could not save them all, so he/she went upstream to determine why they were falling into the river and created a barrier to avoid falling from…
Read MoreThe publisher’s year of reading
~by Victoria Riley, GCNO publisher A year ago I shared a list of the 16 books I read in 2020, writing that with the pandemic canceling so many things, staying home reading seemed like the best thing to do. I read 16 books that year, nine of them non-fiction. We’re still dealing with the not-so-novel-anymore coronavirus as we begin 2022,…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – M. Weaver re: Reynolds and water infrastructure funding
Dear Editor Riley, Governor Kim Reynolds recently announced a historic $100M investment in water infrastructure and water quality efforts for the state of Iowa. The funding will come through a new grant program within the Iowa Finance Authority. The article further states the funding was made available from ARPA. No place in the press release did it provide what the…
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