Iowa was among the early states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The 2013 decision …
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Anne Discher Guest Columnists Feb. 11, 2025 12:02 pm219d ago
Iowa was among the early states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The 2013 decision …
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In his celebrated 1942 book, “ Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy,” Joseph Schumpeter expresses a pessimistic view about the prospects of …
Qi Luo
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Drive a rural Iowa highway at 3 a.m. and you can go for miles without seeing another vehicle. All those …
Marie Garceau
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Romantic relationships are complex, transformative, and often deeply rewarding. They bring joy, connection, and growth but also come with challenges. …
William Lambers
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Shutting down the The U.S. Agency for International Development and its efforts to feed the hungry is a massive mistake
Kurt Ullrich
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As I write this a couple of deer are at my salt lick out back and two more are grazing …
Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Feb. 8, 2025 6:33 am222d ago
In the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” the most iconic scene was when a ghost player asks, “Is this Heaven?” …
Nate Ristow Guest Columnists Feb. 6, 2025 4:45 am224d ago
Since its formation in 1935, the Iowa Taxpayers Association’s (ITA) mission has been to educate and inform Iowans about sound …
Clay Rhodes
Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2025 6:53 am226d ago
There are more than 50,000 job openings in the state of Iowa today. Yet only about two in three able-bodied …
Chris Jones
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Linn County Public Health Director Pramod Dwivedi wrote on Jan. 26 that the link between alcohol and cancer is a …
Linda Langston
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FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was created in 1979 to coordinate the response to disasters that overwhelm the resources …
Rachel Zimmermann Smith
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Every crime has a victim. As the Johnson County Attorney, one of my most important jobs is to hold perpetrators …
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