Iowa has been my home since 1998. When my family moved back to the South, I chose to stay because …
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Chris Morse Guest Columnists Mar. 1, 2025 8:55 am201d ago
Iowa has been my home since 1998. When my family moved back to the South, I chose to stay because …
Patricia Patnode Guest Columnists Feb. 28, 2025 12:38 pm201d ago
Iowa’s dramatic executive agency overhaul led by Gov. Kim Reynolds has caught the eye of federal lawmakers. So much so …
Ted Wernimont
Guest Columnists Feb. 26, 2025 4:45 am204d ago
For reference, I have officiated high school since I was 33. I am now 78 and still regularly doing high …
John Kenyon
Guest Columnists Feb. 25, 2025 8:06 am205d ago
Last week I read a book from the Iowa City Public Library that depicted a sex act. Actually, more than …
Linda Seger
Guest Columnists Feb. 23, 2025 5:00 am207d ago
This has been my home for over sixty plus years. Time Check and the area around Ellis Boulevard, the schools, …
Chuck Isenhart
Guest Columnists Feb. 23, 2025 5:00 am207d ago
When the Trump administration issued a “stop work order” in January, cutting funding to support refugees the federal government invited …
David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Feb. 23, 2025 5:00 am207d ago
The month of February has Presidents Day and Valentine’s Day, but this year the month also marks the anniversary of …
Nicholas Arnold Guest Columnists Feb. 23, 2025 11:45 pm206d ago
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted on Feb. 6 to grant Cedar Rapids a casino license. Recently, the Iowa …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Feb. 22, 2025 5:00 am208d ago
Imagine being appointed to be the president of a huge tech company. You have no experience or knowledge of tech. …
Kim Hagemann
Guest Columnists Feb. 21, 2025 5:54 am209d ago
On Feb. 3, Republican state Sens. Mike Bousselot and Tom Shipley successfully advanced a bill limiting the “civil liability associated …
John Clayton
Guest Columnists Feb. 21, 2025 5:52 am209d ago
The United States Cattlemen’s Association, National Farmers Union, and other agriculture groups support reestablishing mandatory country of origin label (MCOOL) …
Eli Perencevich
Guest Columnists Feb. 20, 2025 6:20 am210d ago
While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wasn’t formally established until 1930 and its formal partnerships with U.S. medical schools …
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