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Terry Branstad

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What Will It Cost Iowa to Implement the Common Core State Standards?

The Pioneer Institute, American Principles Project and Pacific Research Institute released a…

Zaun Introduces Bill to Abolish the Iowa Dept. of Education and State Board of Ed

State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) filed his own education reform bill today. …

Finding Fault on All Sides of the Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth Controversy

This is going to be my last post on the upcoming 7th…

Bob Vander Plaats’ Open Letter to Governor Terry Branstad

Dear Governor Branstad: As an educator and as a person of faith,…

Branstad, LGBTQ Youth & Bullying

Governor Terry Branstad has gotten himself into quite a pickle.  It started…

Iowa House Republicans: Now Is The Time for Property Tax Reform

Over the last ten years, property taxes collected on a statewide basis…

Governor Branstad Thanks Matt Strawn for His Service to the Republican Party of Iowa

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad thanks Matt Strawn for his service as Iowa GOP Chairman after news of Strawn’s resignation.

Governor Terry Branstad, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds Object to Burdensome Regulation for Farmers

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced today in a press conference that he signed a written objection to the Iowa Electrical Examining Board rule requiring $500 in state inspections for farmers.

Five Items of Interest: The Iowa Caucus Vote, U.S. Department of Ed Needed?, The Bully Label, Iowa Sec. of State ID Theft by Former Obama Staffer, & The South Carolina Primary

Shane Vander Hart discusses the Iowa Caucus certified vote, a great op/ed by Charles Murphy on the U.S. Department of Education, a Wisconsin school district that discriminates against free speech, bad behavior by a former Obama staffer and today’s South Carolina Primary.

Governor Branstad Declares January 22nd to be Sanctity of Human Life Day

Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad proclaims January 22nd, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision as Sanctity of Human Life Day in Iowa.

Terry Branstad’s Hostility to Iowa’s Nonpublic Schools and School Boards

I know many of you are not used to going to Iowa…

Branstad's Education Bill: The Devil's In The Details

Governor Terry Branstad recently introduced a Education Reform Bill in the Iowa…

Iowa News & Views Round-Up: Recalling Branstad, Vilsack’s Folly, Godfrey’s Abuse of System & More

I plan on making this a weekly feature of interesting news of…

Branstad-Reynolds FY 13 Budget Report

Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds released their FY 2013…

The Legislative Branch By-Pass

The Iowa Department of Education announced they are seeking citizen input for…

Branstad’s Education Plan: The Lipstick on the Pig

Governor Terry Branstad’s proposed education reform bill SSB 3009 is online, and…