Securing jobs for North Iowans, ensuring their right to a living wage and for a safe and equitable workplace will be my priority as your legislator.

April 18, 2023 by the Globe Gazette The Mason City Community School Board heard from a group opposing what it says are obscene books in district libraries at its meeting Monday. Mason City resident Connie Dianda speaks in favor of banning books from the district's school libraries, citing pornographic content, at Monday's Mason City School Board meeting. Dianda admitted to the board she hadn't read most of the books she took issue with, but had read "reports" on them. Mason C

September 11, 2024 by KAAL-TV (ABC 6 News) — In Floyd County, a lawsuit has been filed by nearly 40 Republican lawmakers, challenging the legality of a potential carbon pipeline project. Portions of a carbon capture pipeline were approved by Iowa regulators this June, but this lawsuit is the latest in a growing movement against Summit Carbon Solutions’ pipeline project. Landowners along the proposed route along with policymakers say that planned construction on farmers’ prope