Prescription opioid drug overdose death has become an increasingly well-documented epidemic in Iowa and across the country in the last 15 years. More and more, people are using prescription opioid medications, often transitioning to heroin, destroying families and lives. Too often, it proves ...
This has been the fastest moving summer ever! This summer was filled with many hours of meetings, seminars, emails, phone calls and good old fashioned hard work. That is what this country was founded on - hard work!As we move ever closer to the upcoming legislative session, I would like to take ...
Do Members of Congress really receive their full salary as a pension after serving only one term? Judy from Cedar Rapids on FacebookThe Congressional pension plan is one I have long regarded as a "Cadillac" plan and one that needs to end. Toward that end, I was an original cosponsor of H.R. ...
What keeps me up at night? As a parent, wife, daughter, friend, colleague, and college leader there are many issues and concerns that oftentimes keep "the sandman" away. But I have to admit that headlines like "32 Killed at Virginia Tech" (2007), "27 Killed at Sandy Hook Elementary" (2012), ...
As a supporter and participant in the arts, I would ask the new owners of our Toledo community building to consider merging it with the theater as an Arts complex. There is ample space for dressing rooms and a upper floor to utilize for dance venues, choreography, rehearsals and exercise. In ...
Editor's Note; The Toledo Police Department is conducting a drug take back day this Saturday, Sept. 17. For information on products accepted contact Chief Bob Kendall 641-484-3013.WASHINGTON Sen. Chuck Graslley and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa urged the Office of National Drug Control Policy to ...
In Ohio, President Donald Trump discussed his plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Rebuilding the national infrastructure is just one aspect of President Trump's America First economic agenda. President Trump is also looking to reform trade policy by renegotiating NAFTA, and he has ...
Lombard, Ill. State Senator Jeff Edler (R-State Center) was among 39 select lawmakers to complete a leadership training program that identifies and assists emerging state and provincial leaders in the Midwest.Senator Edler met with fellow lawmakers from Iowa, 10 other Midwestern states and ...
This June, the Government Accountability Office published a report on the federal government's Lifeline program, one of four programs established in the decades long pursuit of "universal service."This principle that all Americans should have access to communications services has cost ...
Senator Ernst tours Iowa Premium, TamaU.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) toured and eet with officials of Iowa Premium, the Tama beef packing plant on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 23.While the tour was private at the direction of Iowa Premium, Ernst was scheduled to meet with reporters at the ...