Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says it’s hard to negotiate solutions to rising health care costs when the government is shut down. “The president and the administration are doing what they can to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the...
Several of the bond issues on Iowa ballots this November came close, but didn’t quite reach the 60% threshold for approval, while the largest school bond issue in state history easily passed. Matt Smith is interim superintendent of Des Moines Independent...
Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn and a small group of central Iowans from the ag sector say farmers don’t like bailouts, but emergency federal assistance should be considered after tariff tensions roiled the grain markets. Vernon Flinn, who raises corn, soybeans and...
Republican Congressman Zach Nunn says it’s up to a handful of Democrats in the Senate to end the federal government shutdown. “There is no reason for this shutdown. The only people who have a say in whether they want to come back to open up the government...
The dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University is one of the two finalists to replace Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen, who is retiring. Benjamin Houlton is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology as well as global development at...
