Opinion

Teachers and schools will have more tools for addressing disruptive student behavior, if a bill that passed the Senate becomes law.

Under SF 2360, there will be new guidelines for handling violent behavior in classrooms, including standards for “class-room clears,” a technique used to calm a disruptive student by removing all other students from the classroom.

The legislation does the following:

I avoid saying I grew up in California for two reasons. First is that I didn't have to grow up until I met Dawn, who married me when I grew up. Second is that I don't want people to laugh at me.

To make it simple though, I'll say I grew up there because I haven't gotten any taller since my departure. It was a beautiful place to be a kid. The water at the beach was clear, the music scene was magical, and Irvine was a ranch, not a traffic jam.

It’s become clear in recent years that Iowa law does an injustice to homeowners living in manufactured housing com-munities – also known as mo-bile home parks.

This week, members of the Iowa Manufactured Home Res-idents Network visited the State Capitol to fight for fair-ness and share their stories with lawmakers. They asked for checks and balances in a one-sided system that is at-tracting unscrupulous landlords who see an opportunity to profit from vulnerable, disabled and low-income Iowans.

You say you didn't buy a swimming pool? You bought a six-lane swimming pool and an irrigated soccer field in Baghdad at the 104-acre U.S. Em-bassy.

Back on New Year's Eve, Iraqis stormed the embassy and set a fire as a way to drive the invaders from their country. I wonder how we would like a foreign power patrolling our streets uninvited.