Disagreement gets a bad reputation. We tend to treat it as something to avoid or smooth over as quickly as possible. But disagreement itself isn’t the problem. How we handle it is. In community work, disagreement is unavoidable. People come to the table with different experiences, ...

Throughout 2025, we saw tremendous growth in our surgical services at UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge. We are also making strong progress on the surgery renovation and expansion project. Much of the exterior work is now complete, and construction teams are focused on interior work to prepare ...

At Iowa Central Community College, our purpose is simple and student-centered: we want students to finish their degrees or certifications in the shortest time possible, with the least amount of student loan debt, so they can have a better life. This purpose helps us fulfill our mission by ...

Last week, the House passed HF 2104, a bill that will prohibit the use of eminent domain for a carbon dioxide pipeline. I supported this bill. The House has been working on this issue for four years. It’s early in the session, and I’m optimistic we can finally come to a resolution this ...

Last week, the Senate released our proposal on property tax relief, with Iowans as its focus. It implements limitations to rein in spending and growth of government, eliminates the rollback to help provide more certainty and transparency, and provides a permanent 50 percent taxable value ...

We are back at the Capitol in Des Moines and the legislative session has officially started. The first week is always busy with speeches from legislative leaders, the governor, the chief justice and the adjutant general. Senate Republicans are proud of the progress our state continues to ...