Posted on October 13, 2023 at 12:47 PM by Mike Owen
Iowa’s Revenue Estimating Conference confirmed Thursday what we’ve known for many months: Tax cuts reduce state revenue. And that means...
Posted on July 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM by Mike Owen
Riders on RAGBRAI, the annual statewide bicycle ride across Iowa sponsored by The Des Moines Register, are peddling on a...
Posted on April 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM by Mike Owen
SNAP and Medicaid not only boost low-income families with federal funds, but local and state economies as well. That's one...
Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen
The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...
Posted on February 17, 2023 at 8:08 PM by Mike Owen
We started putting a spotlight on Iowa’s most lucrative business tax credit over 15 years ago. Big, profitable companies were...
Posted on February 9, 2023 at 12:01 PM by Mike Owen
A new proposal in the Iowa Legislature turns Iowa priorities and values upside down. At a time we are doing...
Posted on November 9, 2022 at 12:27 PM by Mike Owen
Even before the polls closed yesterday, we already knew the big challenges facing our state. They are real and they...
Posted on October 12, 2022 at 5:07 PM by Mike Owen
It was good to hear level-headed law enforcement perspectives this week about the Reckless Gun Amendment, Public Measure 1, which...
Posted on June 11, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Mike Owen
Actor Jeff Bridges was on CBS "Sunday Morning" program June 5, talking about his battle with cancer and COVID, the...
Posted on March 22, 2022 at 4:06 PM by Mike Owen
Under Senate Study Bill 3064, one “no” vote is worth two “yes” votes. Try explaining that in Social Studies class....
