The 132nd Wing in Des Moines once held the best F-16 training record in American history. Then its flying mission was taken away — and the F-16s with it. Zoom in: Iowa's Guardsmen didn't give up — as a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, I know...

Yesterday I stood at the rail of the show ring at the Polk County Fair, watching four of my daughters walk the animals they've helped raise since last summer. Kelly and all six of our kids were there. After a year of early mornings and late nights,...

Iowa is the agricultural hub of America and one of the nation's top manufacturing leaders. That's because hardworking Iowans show up before sunrise, load the truck, and move what Iowa makes to every corner of the country and around the world. But...

Every Iowa family knows what it means to make a dollar count. Growing up around my family's century farm, I learned that waste wasn't an option. If you invested a dollar, you expected more than a dollar back. That's exactly how your tax dollars...

Growing up around my family’s century farm, I learned firsthand that Iowa farmers have always been the first to put new technology to work when it helps them produce more with less, conserve resources, and stay competitive. Today, artificial...

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 — after Caitlin had already gone down with an...

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 housing bill. Today, I’m proud to share that bill is...

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 Diagonal, and how first responders reach families 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 State Fair?  This morning, the answer was 35. ...

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 opportunities to serve our country — and the journey begins...

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 only grown. Zoom in: In just the last two years,...

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 their sacred honor to a bold idea: that people...

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 collecting a taxpayer-funded pension. The problem:...

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 their local trusted financial advisor on Main Street....

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 roads across our communities. I grew up working...

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 unclaimed in a central Iowa funeral home after his death...

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 playing field to bring their crop to market.  Right...

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 find enough workers to fill good-paying jobs....

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 years of heavy traffic and tight county budgets, the...

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 hosted U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to...