Joni Ernst: “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from…”

Top Notch Fireworks has done a spark-tacular job providing safe and fun fireworks to Iowans," said Chair Ernst. "Brandon and MaKenzi Vonk are dynamite at giving back to their community.

For too long, a select number of repeat winners have treated the SBIR and STTR programs as a steady income stream rather than a path to commercialize technology.

Now governors should back it up by stopping fraud before the money goes out the door, instead of chasing it after it's gone.

Abe Sandquist is a grow getter when it comes to operating a small business.