Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds to Hold Education Town Halls This Week Prior to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Iowa Education Summit on July 25-26th,… Shane Vander HartJuly 11, 20112 minute read
Mike Gronstal and Education Testing Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) said something about education… Shane Vander HartJuly 10, 20111 minute read
Iowa Senate Democrats Cave on Budget? AP through KCCI reports that the Iowa Senate Democrats have agreed to… Shane Vander HartJune 20, 20111 minute read
The Consequences of Walking Away By State Senator Paul McKinley By now, most Iowans are aware that… Caffeinated ThoughtsJune 3, 20113 minute read
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad: The Iowa Caucus Race is Wide Open Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in his press conference this morning responded to… Shane Vander HartMay 16, 20112 minute read
Crying Wolf on Zero Percent Allowable Growth By State Senator Paul McKinley You might be familiar with the famous… Caffeinated ThoughtsMay 13, 20113 minute read
Paul McKinley: Bi-Partisanship Needed to Break “The Great Stalemate” By State Senator Paul McKinley To use a baseball analogy, the 2011… Caffeinated ThoughtsMay 6, 20113 minute read
Osama bin Laden Dead White House Confirms I received a text message that the AP is reporting that multiple… Shane Vander HartMay 1, 20115 minute read
What’s Going on with Iowans for Tax Relief? (Update: A Fourth Resignation) Monday when the news broke that the President of Iowans for Tax… Shane Vander HartApril 27, 20112 minute read
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to Proclaim April as Abortion Recovery Month Iowa Governor Terry Branstad plans to sign a proclamation on Thursday declaring… Shane Vander HartApril 19, 20111 minute read
Branstad Must Rein In Iowa Dept. of Human Rights After Sabotaging McGee & Pro-Abortion Lobbying Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s pick to head the Iowa Department of Human… Shane Vander HartApril 13, 20113 minute read
Iowa Senate Confirms Eric Goranson to the Iowa State Board of Education It’s official! Congratulations to our very own Eric Goranson for his confirmation… Shane Vander HartApril 12, 20111 minute read
Should Iowa Do Annual or Biennial Budgeting? Ok, admittedly this isn’t a sexy topic, but disagreement on this topic… Shane Vander HartApril 6, 20114 minute read
Rand Paul Stresses Leadership as New Leadership is Introduced at Iowa GOP’s Night of the Rising Stars The makeup of the Night of the Rising Stars hosted by the… Shane Vander HartApril 4, 20115 minute read
Potential Presidential Candidates to Keynote Iowa “Homeschool Day at the Capitol” Rally March 23 (Des Moines, IA) The Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators (NICHE) will… Caffeinated ThoughtsMarch 16, 20113 minute read
Iowa Should Explore Educational Decentralization in Massachusetts Not Just Its Standards and Tests Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds gave this week’s press conference for the… Shane Vander HartMarch 14, 20113 minute read