The legislative session is well underway. As always, the first week is filled with ceremony and speeches, but this year we also saw the inauguration of Governor Reynolds and Lt.Gov. Gregg on Friday. On Monday we were sworn in to the 88th General Assembly with 22 new members to the Iowa House. ...
Taking some action on the part of the City of Toledo on the Iowa Juvenile Home / State Training School for Girls campus here is a commendable step in the right direction.On a 3-2 vote the council endorsed sending a letter to Des Moines seeking some action on the matter.However, the action ...
The issues of student success and retention are something on which all colleges across the United States are focused. The goal of retention is to have students remain enrolled from fall to spring semester and from first year to second year. Retention and student success are campus-wide ...
In November 2016, as election results began rolling in, the maps showing state-by-state Senate and presidential wins started to look like they were plotting the same race. By the time the final votes were counted, it was clear: Every state that held a U.S. Senate election favored the same ...
On the morning of Aug. 31, shortly after 8:30, a 12-year-old boy pulled out a gun in his seventh-grade classroom in Eldridge, a community just north of Davenport.In an instant, he directed his classmates to get on the floor and then pointed the gun at his teacher's face and squeezed the ...
Q: What is the First Step Act?A: The bipartisan First Step Act restructures federal criminal sentencing laws for the first time in decades. After years of listening, negotiating and reviewing reforms enacted at the state level, a broad coalition of lawmakers joined together with the White House ...
2019
(Family Features) While many people often wish maintaining good health was as easy as following an equation, health doesn't have a start or end date. Once the allure of the new year wears off, it can be easy to let those resolutions go by the wayside.When you focus on making small, positive ...
Every action of government is your business.Every document held in government halls is your piece of paper.Every penny spent by government is your money.From the courthouse to the statehouse to the White House, government belongs to the governed and not the governing.You have the right to know ...
Six and a half million dollars is a lot of money. I think a lot of us Tama County citizens are taken aback by the staggering amount of money being requested by Mindy Benson and the E911 board for radios. I think I might speak for a good amount of people when I ask a few questions.It's my ...