What does Ameria’s first aircraft carrier have to do with Iowa? Everything.
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David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Mar. 6, 2022 12:00 pm1435d ago
What does Ameria’s first aircraft carrier have to do with Iowa? Everything.
Iowa City Public Library Board of Trustees Guest Columnists Mar. 5, 2022 6:00 am1436d ago
These bills claim “transparency,” but transparency already exists for every library in the state.
David Mansheim
Guest Columnists Mar. 2, 2022 6:00 am1439d ago
Dorthy could be forgiven for mistaking Iowa for Kansas these days. The Kansas experiment in trickle down economics is famous …
Sara Stuefen
Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2022 2:57 pm1441d ago
Many low-income children and adults are having a hard time finding the oral health care they desperately need.
John Kenyon
Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2022 12:00 pm1441d ago
‘Empathy is central to who we are as human beings.’
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2022 6:00 am1441d ago
It’s time that we examine the Section 230 immunity that has enabled these companies to avoid any liability.
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Feb. 27, 2022 5:00 am1442d ago
My hair, my smile (which he called creepy), glasses, everything.
Jessica Wiskus Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2022 4:00 pm1444d ago
State refused to vote on it. They did not have the courage to do it.
John and Terri Hale
Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2022 11:21 am1444d ago
Iowa will be what the voters say it will be.
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2022 8:54 pm1443d ago
Feb. 20 marked the 60th anniversary of the flight of John Glenn. It all began in Iowa.
Veronica Lorson Fowler
Guest Columnists Feb. 24, 2022 4:14 pm1444d ago
Trans girls are girls. They should be treated like all other girls, and welcomed into girls sports.
Rich Patterson
Guest Columnists Feb. 22, 2022 6:00 am1447d ago
Like thousands of Iowans our family ramped up visits to Iowa’s public lands when the coronavirus epidemic restricted distant travel …
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