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Althea Cole
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Staff Columnists Mar. 1, 2026 5:00 am1d ago
The recent impeachment of the Student Body President at Iowa State University lasted all of two days. But if the …
Staff Columnists Feb. 22, 2026 5:00 am8d ago
Some conservative and Republican organizations were beginning to wonder if Randy Feenstra, the U.S. congressman and candidate for Iowa governor, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 15, 2026 5:00 am15d ago
Gender identity was front and center at the Iowa Statehouse again this week as lawmakers advanced two bills to clean …
Staff Columnists Feb. 8, 2026 5:00 am22d ago
Last weekend St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids held a “legal observer training” to teach anti-ICE demonstrators to …
Staff Columnists Feb. 1, 2026 7:40 pm28d ago
The eyes of the country are on Iowa’s neighbors to the north as tensions over immigration enforcement reached a fever …
Staff Columnists Jan. 25, 2026 5:00 am36d ago
Iowa Democrats’ direction for education: backward
Staff Columnists Jan. 19, 2026 10:47 am41d ago
If you’ve been saying in recent months or years that the Cedar Rapids Community School District has been spending too much money on fancy consultants, it might please you to know that the district has made – albeit tacitly at best – an admission.
Staff Columnists Jan. 12, 2026 2:20 pm48d ago
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.
Staff Columnists Jan. 5, 2026 3:52 pm55d ago
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.
Staff Columnists Dec. 29, 2025 8:29 am62d ago
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.
Staff Columnists Dec. 21, 2025 5:00 am71d ago
Executive order could move U.S. closer to full legalization
Staff Columnists Dec. 14, 2025 11:26 am77d ago
CRCSD must look for savings in the face of a $10 million budget deficit
Staff Columnists Dec. 7, 2025 5:00 am85d ago
I caught word of a post a couple weeks ago on the social media site BlueSky in which a person …
Staff Columnists Nov. 24, 2025 10:45 pm97d ago
No direct financial ties, but past associations raise questions
Staff Columnists Nov. 17, 2025 8:15 am104d ago
Superintendent is not leading Cedar Rapids schools to success

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