Republican Sen. Warren Grady argued that taxpayer trust must be matched by transparent financial records as Senate debate continued on the Stop Secret Spending Act.

Mason examines why major infrastructure and access votes suggest politicians are finding common ground in the unglamorous work of keeping essential systems functioning.

Noah Stewart examines Iowa telehealth becoming law with unanimous support, then asks why every other government promise arrives wearing an accountability costume.

Republican Sen. Warren Grady’s five-year rural Iowa health pilot has been signed after clearing the Senate 45-0, pairing telehealth expansion with clinic modernization and annual reporting to Congress.

The Senate passed Warren Grady’s Rural Iowa Health Access and Telehealth Act, sending the five-year public-health pilot to the President’s desk.