If Senate File 23 were to become law in Iowa, all city and school elections would be partisan, and only partisan. Candidates in those elections would have their names placed on the ballot only by …

Little wonder that the intractable problem of immigration exposed the fault lines among a fractured US House Republican caucus. A bill sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that would essentially shut …

Transparency is for suckers. That’s the message, loud and clear, from Gov. Kim Reynolds and her Republican enablers in the Legislature. I’d suspect that this was another, particularly …

“Heroes and Villains,” a class taught by Keri Shadlow at Storm Lake High School last semester, yielded essays by the students in which they describe their personal heroes. Each young writer …

Iowa values Rural Iowa counties are where a person can easily identify Iowa values.  Small town and agricultural communities are where people know everyone in their township; vote for their …