Lucas Grundmeier

4 weeks ago | desmoinesregister.com | Lucas Grundmeier

Ernst shows a path to more affordable child careMeasles vaccine is crucialTrade today is not like the 18th centuryErnst shows a path to more affordable child careAs an administrator of a child care center, a parent of four children and an early childhood teacher, I want to thank Sen. Joni Ernst for co-sponsoring the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act.

1 month ago | desmoinesregister.com | Lucas Grundmeier

Job:  I am the Register's opinion editor. Years at the Register:  20 in May. I grew up in: Des Moines and Urbandale. I live in: Beaverdale. I graduated from: Des Moines Christian School, 2001; Iowa State University, 2005. Family:  My wife, Nicole, and I have been married 11 years. She is an editor for the Midwest Newsroom, a partnership between National Public Radio and local stations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

1 month ago | desmoinesregister.com | Lucas Grundmeier

Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat who was U.S. ambassador in Iraq and in Afghanistan during crucial periods of the American wars in those countries, swung through central Iowa in late March. His series of meetings with local groups to discuss developments in foreign affairs included a stop at the Des Moines Register.

2 months ago | desmoinesregister.com | Lucas Grundmeier

Lucas Grundmeier is the Register’s opinion editor. Hearings on a bill to pare back the Iowa Civil Rights Act were the main attraction Monday at the Iowa Statehouse, with noisy protests and tense testimony revealing the intensity of Iowans’ feelings. But that sells short the dizzying pace of intrusive measures Iowa Republicans were seeking to impose over just a few hours.

Dec 1, 2024 | desmoinesregister.com | Lucas Grundmeier

Broadlawns disregards both the First Amendment and the truthHow would Kennedy handle a COVID-like event? No more Band-Aids in climate-change responsePete Hegseth should not be confirmedBroadlawns disregards both the First Amendment and the truthA recent story described a Broadlawns employee being fired for an inappropriate gesture and for "deadnaming" and using of wrong pronouns for an individual.