Across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis for nursing homes, assisted living residents and staff, with more …
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David Storey Guest Columnists May. 19, 2020 7:50 am2092d ago
Across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis for nursing homes, assisted living residents and staff, with more …
William Vaughn Guest Columnists May. 18, 2020 7:00 pm2093d ago
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began tearing through the United States, we’ve heard a lot about overloaded systems and people suffering …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists May. 17, 2020 11:00 am2094d ago
A few days ago I drove in to a nearby town to get some gasoline. In front of me at …
Walt Rogers
Guest Columnists May. 17, 2020 9:00 am2094d ago
The United States is confronted by an unprecedented crisis with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From an economic standpoint, the COVID-19 …
Drew Klein
Guest Columnists May. 16, 2020 9:00 am2095d ago
The trillion-dollar plan to bail out state governments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is what passes for thinking …
Matt Sinovic
Guest Columnists May. 15, 2020 3:40 pm2096d ago
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed The Heroes Act, a coronavirus response bill that would provide critical aid to …
Katie Rock Guest Columnists May. 15, 2020 8:00 am2096d ago
Our current pandemic places us all in a moment of vulnerability. How our leaders, both in government and industry, respond …
Adey and Tom Wassink, Guest Columnist Guest Columnists May. 14, 2020 4:43 pm2097d ago
As the Founding and Senior Pastors of Sanctuary Community Church, we take exception to the exceptionalism that Governor Kim Reynolds …
Guest Columnists May. 14, 2020 4:22 pm2097d ago
Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden doesn’t like marijuana. At 63, he admits he’s never smoked the stuff, but he …
Steffen Schmidt, Guest Columnist
Guest Columnists May. 14, 2020 4:13 pm2097d ago
I remember the discussion for many years starting in the late 70s about ‘offshoring” manufacturing which is ‘fancy talk” for …
Pramod Dwivedi
Guest Columnists May. 13, 2020 5:30 pm2098d ago
A recent opinion article by an elected official in Linn County (‘County attorney: Reprehensible editorial played ‘race card’ against Iowa …
Paul Pate and Iowa county auditors
Guest Columnists May. 13, 2020 4:26 pm2098d ago
Our national dialogue is consumed with discussion about health, safety, freedoms and liberties. There is no doubt Iowans are concerned …
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