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If you were watching on June 24, you saw it. Caitlin Clark took a hard shot to the throat and no one blew the whistle. The league sorted it out afterward — a flagrant foul and a one-game suspension...

Last summer, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from neighboring Missouri, made the trip to Des Moines to stand beside me at a Habitat for Humanity build site as we introduced our bipartisan rural...

Out in Ringgold County, there's no federal highway. County roads like P33 are the highway system: it's how farmers get crops to market, how kids get to school, how deliveries reach Main Street in...

Every morning before I leave the house for another stop on my 21-county tour or head to Washington to fight for Iowa, one of my kids asks me some version of this question: How many days until the...

Iowa has one of the strongest traditions of military service in the nation. For the students ready to carry that tradition forward, attending a U.S. Service Academy is one of the greatest...

In 2016, a Chinese national was caught digging proprietary seed corn out of an Iowa field to steal the genetics behind some of America’s most valuable crops. Nearly a decade later, the threat has...

250 years ago today, our Founders declared America's independence knowing the law they were defying was treason. Fifty-six men signed their names anyway — pledging their lives, their fortunes, and...

When Iowans retire, they collect the pension they earned. When Members of Congress retire, too many cash in: six-figure lobbying jobs with the very industries they used to regulate, while still...

When Iowa families sit down to plan for retirement, save for their kids' college education, or prepare to buy their first home, they don't turn to a hedge fund manager on Wall Street — they call...

Over the past few weeks, severe storms rolled across southern Iowa. Strong winds flattened corn along the Highway 2 and Highway 30 corridors, hail damaged soybean fields, and floodwaters washed over...

In 2024, I stood at an Iowa grave site as Joseph Chedester, a Union soldier, was finally laid to rest with full military honors, nearly a century after he died. For decades, his remains sat...

When Iowa families pay extra for organic products, they expect that label to mean something. And when Iowa farmers spend years of hard work meeting rigorous organic standards, they deserve a level...

In Iowa, not every successful career starts with a four-year degree. Manufacturing, construction, and the skilled trades are driving southwest Iowa’s economy — but employers across the region can’t...

White Pole Road is the hardest-working road in Guthrie County. It carries grain to the elevator, ethanol from the plant, kids to school, and first responders when every minute matters. But after...

For Iowa families, getting where you're going is part of everyday life — whether it's a flight out of Des Moines for a family vacation, or a bus across the metro to a job or a class. Yesterday, we...

The World Cup is here, and America's 250th birthday is just weeks away. Iowa families are already making plans: tickets to a match, a road trip, or a spot on the blanket for the backyard fireworks....

Drive Alice's Road between Clive and Waukee and you can watch Iowa's fastest-growing county rising around you — new rooftops, new businesses, more cars every month. But the road underneath it all...

This week, more than 5,000 Iowans joined me live from Washington, D.C., for another one of my listening sessions. We went rapid-fire, taking questions from moms, dads, farmers, seniors, and small...

In just a few weeks, the greatest country the world has ever seen turns 250.  That’s two and a half centuries of freedom defended, sacrifices made, and generations of Americans answering the call to...

Brianna, a political science student from Pella, is fighting for foster youth aging out of the system. Melvin serves on Iowa's Juvenile Justice Advisory Council after being appointed by the...