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
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...
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...
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 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...
Some reaction’s to President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress Tuesday. “Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope — but sometimes it seems we look for hope in differen...
