Each year Tama County residents roll out the welcome mat to thousands of visitors who come to enjoy the sights and attractions of this beautiful county. Whether it is someone stopping for lunch while traveling through the county on one of the state highways, or a tour bus arriving for a day at ...

Week fifteen of the session is done, one week to go in the official calendar. We have voted on over 200 bills on the floor of the House. Work on Appropriations bills dominated the past week; the House ran six on the floor in one day. Nearly all of them will end up in a conference committee made ...

Small businesses want to expand Iowa's middle class by attracting and retaining the best workers. Providing good health care benefits is one way to do that.Unfortunately, health care is the fastest-growing expense for small business owners. On average, small businesses pay 18 percent more than ...

Spring is once again upon us. Put the snow shovels back on the wall of the garage. Put the snow blower in the corner where you dug the lawn mower out.People are out walking for exercise. Kids are playing outside and in some instances in the streets. Bike riders are out and about. Lawn mowers ...

It all started when the Business Improvement Committee (BIC) of the Iowa Falls Chamber/Main Street had the idea and desire to bring more business-related topics/programs to Hardin County. The group reached out to Iowa Valley Continuing Education as a training partner and, in response, the ...

Week fourteen of the session is done. We have run through nearly all the minor bills and work continues on the remaining four major issues. These four issues are: the budget, property tax reform, education reform, and medical care for poverty level citizens (Healthy Iowa Plan vs. Medicare ...

Q: Why do you support the Keystone XL Pipeline?A: The crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast called the Keystone XL pipeline would provide 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day and help to counteract insufficient domestic oil supplies and reduce America's dependence on less ...

My main point to you over the past foureditorials has been that God cannot bless a nation that does not keep His commandments.It is true that God is kind and good even to evil and ungrateful men, but He is also a God of justice. He will not change his mind about His bringing His judgments upon ...

For many of us spring means an urge to push aside the dreary winter days by looking forward to gardening. In addition to perusing seed catalogs and visiting garden centers, we also begin clearing debris from flower beds, trimming trees, and inspecting plant stems for new growth.In education, we ...

The Legislature is continuing its bipartisan efforts to expand access to affordable health care.Your address should not determine the health care available to you. That is why the Legislature has worked in recent years to make mental health and disability services more consistent across the ...