I chose to come home because I’m extremely proud of this legacy.
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Dustin Miller Guest Columnists Jan. 22, 2022 6:00 am1478d ago
I chose to come home because I’m extremely proud of this legacy.
Janice Weiner Guest Columnists Jan. 20, 2022 6:00 am1480d ago
There are not a lot of Jews in Iowa — but we are here. We are part of your communities, your workplaces, your schools.
Bob Watson
Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2022 1:00 pm1481d ago
I was a member of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources committee that was writing draft regulations for industrial agricultural …
Amy White
Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2022 9:56 am1481d ago
You've probably heard there is pornography in school libraries. Don't worry — there's not.
David Osterberg
Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2022 10:44 am1482d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds ignores the basics with the tax proposal she announced in her Condition of the State address.
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2022 10:34 am1482d ago
To boost an economy, 70 percent of which is driven by consumer spending, consumers need money.
Chaz Allen Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2022 8:00 am1482d ago
Iowa has long been positioned as a renewable energy leader thanks to our first-in-the-nation status in wind power. But now, …
Liz Mathis Guest Columnists Jan. 17, 2022 6:00 am1483d ago
Iowa’s hardworking teachers who have sacrificed so much the past few years deserve better
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Jan. 16, 2022 11:25 am1484d ago
Small flocks of dark-eyed juncos play hopscotch with me on a daily basis. Juncos are beautiful, small birds, gray top, …
John Hendrickson and Jonathan Williams
Guest Columnists Jan. 15, 2022 11:18 am1485d ago
As a result of years of fiscal conservatism, Iowa’s fiscal foundation is sound.
David Mansheim
Guest Columnists Jan. 12, 2022 2:18 pm1488d ago
After 46 years in Washington, it is time to consider what his legacy will be.
Joe Bolkcom
Guest Columnists Jan. 11, 2022 6:00 am1489d ago
As Gov. Kim Reynolds and legislative Republicans return to the Statehouse, their workforce crisis and abandonment of rural Iowa will only grow worse with more tax cuts for Des Moines millionaires
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