Awful Renewable Fuel Standard Is Doomed
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently waived Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirement for Andeavor, one of the nation’s largest oil refineries. Andeavor’s exemption tolls a death knell for the RFS…
Iowa Senator Wants to Protect Innocent People’s Property from the Clutches of Forfeiture
Nearly a year after The Des Moines Register‘s groundbreaking investigative report on abuse of Iowa’s civil asset forfeiture laws, legislation was introduced in the Iowa Senate to reform the…
Republicans Drive Limited Government, Pro-Growth Message in Iowa
Saturday five of the leading GOP presidential candidates gathered here in Cedar Rapids for the Freedom Works citizens forum "Rising Tide." I participated as a moderator and speaker. Rand Paul,…
Iowa lawmakers should go big on civil asset forfeiture reform
William Davis and John Newmerzhycky were traveling through Iowa in April 2013 on their way to Las Vegas from a World Series of Poker event in Illinois when they…
Iowa Lawmakers Propose Increase in Gas Tax
Lawmakers and lobbyists in Iowa are pushing for an additional 10 cent per gallon gasoline tax, on top of the 21 cent gas tax already in place. Raising the gas…