Gov. Kim Reynolds is doubling down on a right-wing agenda rejected by voters in Iowa and across the country on Tuesday. Reynolds is arguing for a six-week abortion ban before the Iowa Supreme …

The numbers are in and I’m concerned.   For the first time in my memory, our state budget experts are predicting state revenues will be in the red. From 2023 to 2025 Iowa is projected to lose …

Tensions were running especially high when we suggested awhile back that Chinese leader Xi Jinping should sit down for supper with his old friends from Iowa, which he visited as a young regional …

“Nightmarish” accurately describes the challenges both Israel and the Palestinian residents of Gaza confront in the Israel-Hamas war, now more than a month old. The Biden Administration no doubt …

Schaller-Crestland voters strongly rejected a $15.75 million bond issue that would relocate the middle school from Early to Schaller. Patrons of the old Crestland district from Early and Nemaha …

What a self-inflicted political mess we have created.  The Republican Party has a bombastic former President, who too often lacks a filter from his brain to his mouth. Under 91 indictments, some …

Like many veterans who served after Sept. 11, 2001, I’ve long dreamed of lasting peace and cooperation in the Middle East. That’s just one of the reasons why I recently led a bipartisan …

The high school basketball season gets underway next weekend with the 33rd running of the Storm Lake Basketball Jamboree, co-sponsored by the Hy-Noon Kiwanis Club and Storm Lake Times Pilot. The …

Our thanks go out to friend Tom Lane, who lost his seat on the Alta City Council in the Tuesday election. Lane has been a force for good. He led an effort to protect residents from eviction at …

Iowa was involved in several lawsuits against pharmaceutical drug companies, drug distributor firms, and giant pharmacy companies regarding opioids. Over time, these suits generated a number of …

We were glad to see that Buena Vista University President Brian Lenzmeier seized on the same gold nugget we did during Walter Isaacson’s American Heritage Lecture on Friday. Lenzmeier shared on …

Here we are — one year before the Nov. 5, 2024, election — and a recent Pew Research Center poll reveals 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. …

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . .” So says the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment …

It was unusual for Gov. Kim Reynolds to endorse Ron DeSantis for president on Monday. Generally, leading Iowa political leaders have stayed neutral in the caucus process. There’s no political …

It was a fine fall day last Thursday as we breathed in the smell of manure from Ames to Storm Lake. The week before, our noses told us in the dark when we hit the Iowa state line. As we looked at the …