Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Here Comes The Snow Yesterday, I talked about how Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus status was in jeopardy, at least on the Democrat side. Now that the party has indicated it wants "pitches" from stat...

What's Really Behind This? Word has been leaked that the Democratic National Committee is pushing hard to bump Iowa from the "first in the nation" status it's held for a half century. That's no surpri...

No Holiday on These Taxes When in doubt, in times of increased costs, some say we should pause collection of certain taxes. That happened on the federal level during COVID; you could opt to not have t...

This Is The Point Recently, the Iowa House and Senate passed a bill, soon after signed by the governor, to reform Iowa's income tax laws. They noted that Iowa's budget surplus was so big, it was only ...

They Can Agree On This - Sort Of There is precious little that folks on the political left and the political right can agree on these days...but I may have one. Energy independence. That's it, energy ...

One Week From Funnel One week from today, on Friday, March 18th, the Iowa legislature will experience the second funnel deadline of the session. It's the final date for Senate bills and joint resoluti...

Price at the Pump I was on a two-day trip to southwest Iowa earlier this week, giving a series of presentations on Iowa broadcasting and history. I took our radio station truck...it's nothing special,...

False Opportunism A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Monday, and two females--ages 16 and 18--were wounded. Reports indicate that a car with six juveniles, aged 14 to 17, drove by East High School ...

They're All Bad Our general mood these days, I fear, is that average citizens don't trust anyone in a position of power. It's not just limited to government and public officials, although that's the w...

Those Tricky Crosswalks I know I've talked about this before, but as spring is in the air and all, it seems to bear repeating. Crosswalks are there for a reason...so pedestrians can use them to safely...