In the mid-19th century leading up to the westward expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million visitors stroll the historic state fairgrounds in Des Moines to soak in the sights, sounds ...
On July 4, President Trump signed one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in American history into law. Among a wide range of benefits, H.R. 1 — commonly known as the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” — shielded Americans from the largest tax hike in history, expanded on the ...
Q: How is the Trump administration working to restore sanity to climate policies? A: In the previous Congress, I served as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The budget committee’s top job is drafting and enforcing the annual budget resolution that provides a public framework ...
One of the frustrations of being a **former** newspaper editor is no longer having a few dozen reporters to pursue answers to questions going unasked and unanswered each day. Two of my go-to questions were “why” and “why not.” And my favorite open-ended query to a newsmaker was ...
Do you hear that, folks? That’s the sound of California’s Gravy Train coming to a squealing halt. The rail project is about $100 billion over budget. It was supposed to be completed five years ago, but not even a single track has been laid. I’ve been railing against this train to ...
Fort Dodge’s Boys of Summer, now in the autumn of their years, still remember vividly those days of the 1950s and 1960s when they proudly wore the uniform of the Demons baseball team. A lot of life – good and bad - has happened to the hundreds of boys who were coached by the beloved ...