Don't weaken oversight of assisted living centers

There are many good ideas for making Iowa a safer place to grow old. Less oversight of assisted living centers isn't one of them. Yet that's what gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad suggested during an AARP-sponsored conversation on aging last week. More

Public employee benefits should be cut

Republican Terry Branstad recently said he wants to cut the cost of state government by 15 percent, if elected. We look forward to Branstad providing a detailed plan for how he'd do that. The state work force is already smaller than it has been in years. More

Miller-Meeks: Reclaim American Dream for future generations

The stakes are high as voters in the 2nd Congressional District decide between an incumbent who has voted for Nancy Pelosi's agenda 97 percent of the time and a challenger who believes there's a better way. More

Loebsack: Job creation, economic recovery top priorities

I come home to Iowa every weekend and meet with families, businesses, community leaders and farmers from throughout the 2nd District. What I hear time and again, whether it be from someone I run into at the gas station or at a chamber of commerce meeting, is that the No. More

Obradovich: Let's settle church role in elections

Dear God: Please answer the Rev. Cary K. Gordon's prayer. More