Liberal arts colleges provide endless opportunities to grow and learn. As a Loras College student, one quote I’ve memorized and …
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Jacob Jansen, guest columnist Guest Columnists Oct. 23, 2019 10:45 pm2301d ago
Liberal arts colleges provide endless opportunities to grow and learn. As a Loras College student, one quote I’ve memorized and …
State Sen. Ken Rozenboom and State Rep. Dean Fisher Guest Columnists Oct. 23, 2019 7:00 am2302d ago
When we visit with constituents, some of the most common and persistent consumer complaints are about those irritating and sometimes …
Annie Tucker, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 22, 2019 3:45 pm2303d ago
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but domestic abuse affects people in every demographic in the corridor every day. Domestic …
Ann Woodward, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 21, 2019 7:00 am2304d ago
The world will observe United Nations Day on October 24. As we near the anniversary of the U.N.’s creation, questions …
Kasper Kittredge, Ashley Balius, and Phoebe Trepp
Guest Columnists Oct. 21, 2019 7:00 am2304d ago
On October 7 the Cedar Rapids Public Library hosted the first Linn County Learning Series event, which reviewed the local …
John and Terri Hale
Guest Columnists Oct. 21, 2019 6:00 am2304d ago
It’s not right. It costs Iowa taxpayers and consumers more, and it produces results they don’t want. What is it? …
Wendy Johnson and Ann Franzenburg Guest Columnists Oct. 19, 2019 6:00 am2306d ago
Recently, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made the comment, ‘In America, the big get bigger and the small go …
Timothy Walch, guest columnist Guest Columnists Oct. 18, 2019 12:13 pm2307d ago
‘The Written Word Endures” – that’s the motto of the National Archives in Washington DC. Those words came to mind …
Sally Pederson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 16, 2019 8:57 am2309d ago
Governing demands vision: big ideas and the ability to rally people around them. It also takes a plan: a method …
U.S. Reps. Abby Finkenauer and Peter DeFazio, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Oct. 12, 2019 7:00 am2313d ago
Regardless of your political ideology, we can all agree that America’s infrastructure network is essential to our quality of life …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Oct. 11, 2019 7:00 am2314d ago
I dreaded the task as a high school senior of memorizing dialogue from Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar.” I struggled in Mrs. …
John Hendrickson and Laura Ebke, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Oct. 10, 2019 3:46 pm2315d ago
Iowa’s policymakers and business leaders agree: the state’s economy needs more skilled workers. One area of regulatory reform state leaders …
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