Politics – Brynne Schweigel

Serious water quality discussion needed in Des Moines

You wouldn’t leave a wolf to guard your flock of sheep. However, moving the responsibility of monitoring Iowa’s water quality from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship would be doing just that. Senate File 500 would transfer the control of watershed improvements and federal Clean Water Act programsContinue reading “Serious water quality discussion needed in Des Moines”

Mr. President, let the tax cuts go

The president’s decision to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy last fall was the biggest fiscal blow that the middle class has experienced in recent times. President Barack Obama’s deal with Republican lawmakers was unpaid for and will cost the government $858 billion. The tax cuts and unemployment benefits extension will not doContinue reading “Mr. President, let the tax cuts go”