Stop the Presses! Register Columnist Defends Conservative King
As you may know if you read this blog regularly, we often give some of the folks over at the Des Moines Register a hard time when we think they are showing a left-leaning bias. But we also like to give credit where credit is du...
University of Iowa Leadership Considers Furloughs
Facing a potential 9 percent budget cut, some University of Iowa administrators are talking openly about forcing employees to take unpaid leave. Read more at the Press Citizen
$44 Million proposed for eastern Iowa in Omnibus Bill
Congress is currently contemplating a spending bill that would finally provide economic relief for flood-ravaged eastern Iowa. The present version of the bill includes $44 million for eastern Iowa, $2.6 million of which is to b...
Bruce Braley and Leonard Boswell – Iowa Job Killers
Through Wednesday’s passage of H.R. 1105 – The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 – the U.S. House voted to kill a program that allows private sector collection agencies to help the Internal Revenue Service recoup old...
Biden: More Obnoxious Than Pelosi?
So, I figured there would be a lot of talk about Nancy Pelosi’s jack-in-the-box routine at the State of the Union address Tuesday night – and there was. But, I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the sustained smarminess o...
Governors Form Renewable Energy Coalition, Seek Partnership With Obama Administration
Governors from 24 states have formed the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition, a non-partisan group that seeks opportunities for the ongoing development of renewable energy, particularly wind power. To read the list of Govern...
