While many industries are struggling amid the pandemic, the agriculture sector has been disproportionately impacted as we continue grappling with …
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Jeremy Davis Guest Columnists Mar. 17, 2021 10:03 am1789d ago
While many industries are struggling amid the pandemic, the agriculture sector has been disproportionately impacted as we continue grappling with …
Mike Conner Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 5:18 pm1791d ago
It almost feels like a broken record, doesn’t it? Another year, another Republican bill pushing through the Iowa Legislature, supposedly …
Matt Brandt
Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 2:01 pm1791d ago
State lawmakers think Iowa needs a new slogan for the purpose of greeting travelers as they enter the state. I …
Steve Shriver
Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 2:00 pm1791d ago
Cedar Rapids is living the lesson that every entrepreneur knows: resilience and perseverance are essential to work through tough times. …
Floyd Sandford
Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 12:08 pm1791d ago
I’m truly hoping that the city of Cedar Rapids and Linn County will act boldly, with creative and dramatic responses …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 6:01 am1792d ago
Would you go to an 87-year-old surgeon to take out your appendix? Would you hire an 87-year-old lawyer to sue …
Kay Fisk Guest Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 6:00 am1792d ago
On March 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 …
Staff Editorial Guest Columnists Mar. 14, 2021 7:00 am1793d ago
After a year of death and disease, Iowa is changed. This past week marked one year since Iowa’s first COVID-19 …
Michael Pentella
Guest Columnists Mar. 13, 2021 12:00 pm1793d ago
One of the biggest battles against COVID-19 for the past year has been waged right in the middle of the …
COVID-19 Mental Health Advisory Group
Guest Columnists Mar. 13, 2021 6:00 am1794d ago
As we mark one year of living in an unprecedented pandemic world, the emotional and mental impacts of social distancing …
Angie Besendorfer
Guest Columnists Mar. 12, 2021 10:16 am1794d ago
COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of many technologically driven changes to how we live and work that were already underway. …
John Jadryev
Guest Columnists Mar. 12, 2021 3:34 pm1794d ago
Thank you to President Joe Biden for announcing an end to the United States’ six years of aiding and abetting …
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