(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today delivered his Condition of the State address to the Iowa General Assembly. The governor outlined two major priorities this coming legislative session: 1. A 4-point jobs and careers plan of action; 2. To again have the nation’s best school system. Below are Gov. Terry E. Branstad’s remarks [...]

CARLSBAD — In recent years, dealing with new Mexico Environment Department at the local and state level has been a challenge, Eddy County Commissioner Jack Volpato told the department’s deputy secretary Raj Solomon this week. “When we tell your department about our concerns, we get no help whatsoever,” Volpato said, speaking on behalf of Eddy [...]

The new state legislative Republican majority is already moving on its effort to undermine health care reform. HB 2, their first bagful of sand in the gears of health care, is laughingly mis-named the “Protect Health Care Freedom” bill. Protect health care freedom? HB 2 would be more accurately known as the “Protect Freedom from [...]