Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching. At long last, the idiocy, connivery and outright incompetence of the Obama administration is coming to light … How bad was last week for Barack and his buddies? In an attempt to deflect the torrent [...]
At long last, the property tax reform that Governor Branstad campaigned on in 2010 and every candidate, on both sides of the aisle, advocated for in 2012 is about to become reality. That is, as long as it passes the Democrat-controlled Iowa Senate. A sweeping tax reform package that legislators believe will provide the biggest [...]
Several names were tossed around among Republican insiders as to who would be an ideal choice to replace longtime Iowa Auditor David Vaudt. Since Governor Branstad got to make the appointment, we knew it would be important to not only name someone with similar qualifications as Vaudt’s, but also someone who would be a strong [...]
DES MOINES – Former Story County Auditor Mary Mosiman is being named the state of Iowa’s new “taxpayer watchdog” at a news conference this morning at the State Capitol. Governor Branstad selected Mosiman to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of longtime Iowa Auditor David Vaudt, who is the new chairman of the Governmental [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Happy Mothers Day to all the mom’s out there, especially mine, without whom this column would not exist. And Paulistinians everywhere would rejoice. Governor Branstad will announce our new state auditor Monday. My clandestine, ubiquitous informants have told me who it is, but getting official confirmation has been surprisingly [...]
Potential U.S. Senate candidate Mark Jacobs brought together education leaders from across the state and beyond on Wednesday to discuss ideas for restoring Iowa’s status to among the best in the nation for students. Jacobs is the founder of Reaching Higher Iowa, an organization designed to improve the state’s education standards. He is also a [...]
DES MOINES—Gov. Terry Branstad announced Wednesday that MidAmerican Energy will invest $1.9 billion in new wind energy farms, the largest economic development project in Iowa to date. “We are pleased to announced the largest economic development program in Iowa history,” Branstad said, joking that the mantra has been a broken record recently as the state [...]