Althea Cole

For the next 100 days — longer if they can’t pass a budget in time — members of the state House and Senate will conduct our great state’s business of lawmaking.

The state was notified Dec. 19 that the USDA has approved Reynolds’ request to align allowable SUN Bucks purchases with Iowa’s new SNAP purchasing guidelines. Now able to set parameters for healthier purchases, the Big Kim Energy has jumped back on board with SUN Bucks — without yielding or folding on her original concerns.

One might wonder if Randy Feenstra actually intends to bypass the grassroots, planning instead to tiptoe his way to a 2026 gubernatorial primary win with paid ads and relative name recognition.The problem is, not enough people know Randy Feenstra’s name for him to win in November with that strategy.

Executive order could move U.S. closer to full legalization

CRCSD must look for savings in the face of a $10 million budget deficit

I caught word of a post a couple weeks ago on the social media site BlueSky in which a person …

No direct financial ties, but past associations raise questions

Superintendent is not leading Cedar Rapids schools to success

2025: The incumbent versus the oddball

HONK IF YOU HATE TRUMP!

For today’s column, The Gazette’s most ardently conservative opinion columnist (that’s me!) is going to write something nice about a …

Sooner or later, Des Moines Public Schools will need to hire a permanent replacement for Ian Roberts, an illegal alien …

Roberts proved Republicans’ points better than Republicans ever could

It’s nice to know that Americans on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum agree on something: …

Hate on your screen can lead to trouble unforeseen