3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (727+ words) The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (797+ words) ELKHART -- Some Iowa producers argued Wednesday that the federally proposed Save Our Bacon Act will harm farmers by taking away diversified markets and by sending a message to consumers that they are not entitled to a choice in what they…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (513+ words) A coalition of Iowa organizations launched a campaign Wednesday opposing the Nov. 3 ballot issue that will ask Iowa voters whether to amend the state constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of lawmakers to raise state personal and corporate income…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (613+ words) It’s one thing for Trump to usurp powers that belong to Congress — quite another for him to usurp places that belong to all of us. I’m talking about his renaming and demolishing what we share in common. Trump said he…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (496+ words) Iowa is spending public money to expand apprenticeship because employers need a reliable way to turn beginners into skilled workers. Companies adopting artificial intelligence should apply the same logic to the time the technology saves. In April, Iowa Workforce Development…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (750+ words) It’s a time for fear. The United States is engaged in an undeclared war — one of which the public does not understand the true extent. The president has gone in without Congressional approval. Military leaders struggle with cabinet members, politicians…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (414+ words) Colorful artwork adorns the interior of Big Acai Bowls at 26 E. Main St. in Marshalltown. After almost five years running a popular and well-established food truck serving their namesake bowls packed with fruit, granola and sorbet along with smoothies and avocado…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (186+ words) Unfortunately, the structure of this deal is socialist and I am not going to pretend otherwise because a Republican signed it. We have seen this movie three times this year. Washington took roughly 10% of Intel and called it the CHIPS…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (611+ words) The traditional folk tale goes like this: Mid-afternoon one day, a young man showed up at an elderly lady's house and, when she answered the door, he asked, "Do you have any food? I am hungry and haven't eaten." When…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1150+ words) Iowa Environmental Council's annual "condition of the state" report on Iowa's electric generation shows that while wind continues to dominate Iowa's electricity generation sources, there has been a "reversal" in the state's progress to meet energy demand with renewable sources....