The law is outdated and needs to be modernized.
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Terese Grant Guest Columnists Feb. 1, 2022 6:00 am1468d ago
The law is outdated and needs to be modernized.
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Jan. 31, 2022 5:17 pm1469d ago
Since the 2020 election, no evidence of “widespread voting fraud” has been found. And no “narrow spread” either, although one …
Chris McCarville
Guest Columnists Jan. 30, 2022 12:50 pm1470d ago
When this school year began at Xavier High School, we were greeted with a pleasant surprise – and what began …
Ben Rogers and Scott Olson
Guest Columnists Jan. 30, 2022 12:47 pm1470d ago
Make affordable housing and housing-first services a top priority.
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Jan. 29, 2022 12:00 pm1471d ago
They offered an extraordinarily splendid sight, three snow geese flying low over my car as I traveled to a nearby …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Jan. 27, 2022 6:00 am1473d ago
Most of us don’t like to hear about or see anyone suffer. But what harm have they done to us? Plenty, as it turns out.
Nicholas Theisen Guest Columnists Jan. 25, 2022 9:57 am1475d ago
County government is fundamentally undermining the excluded worker fund’s original intent
Sara and Dale Todd Guest Columnists Jan. 25, 2022 6:00 am1475d ago
As parents of an adult son with a rare form of epilepsy and intellectual and developmental disabilities, we have learned …
Cindy Garlock
Guest Columnists Jan. 24, 2022 7:07 pm1475d ago
The last two years have been challenging for all of us. Navigating a pandemic has been an experience we never …
Stacey Pawlak
Guest Columnists Jan. 24, 2022 6:01 am1476d ago
Jan. 24 is “National Compliment Day.” Yes, it’s silly to have a “day” for everything from Lima Bean Respect (April …
Iowa League of Women Voters
Guest Columnists Jan. 24, 2022 6:00 am1476d ago
League of Women Voters partnering with groups in favor of amending newly enacted Iowa voting laws.
Betsy Pilkington
Guest Columnists Jan. 23, 2022 3:16 pm1477d ago
The citizens of Iowa need to push back against the banning of books in our libraries.
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