A 22-minute ride to Iowa City seems like cheating. Here you are, scrolling through Facebook updates and sipping coffee. ‘Jeesh,” …
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John Lawrence Hanson, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 6, 2016 5:27 pm3569d ago
A 22-minute ride to Iowa City seems like cheating. Here you are, scrolling through Facebook updates and sipping coffee. ‘Jeesh,” …
Rhonda Shouse, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 6, 2016 5:27 pm3569d ago
In response to Iowa Medicaid Enterprise Director Mikki Stier’s guest column concerning Iowa’s Medicaid Modernization (‘Iowa’s Medicaid modernization transition,” April …
Dan Strellner, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2016 5:27 pm3569d ago
Mental illness affects one in four people in the United States. There is a distinct possibility that you know someone …
Steffen Schmidt, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2016 8:54 am3569d ago
After the end of the 2016 Republican race for a nominee for president, when both Ted Cruz and John Kasich …
Jared Walczak, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2016 8:52 am3569d ago
Everyone has an opinion about taxes, particularly when they come due. When we think about tax policy, we tend to …
Aaron McCreight, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 4, 2016 10:38 am3571d ago
GO. Just two letters. However, those two letters represent the momentum and energy that I have felt in this community …
Ken Rizer, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 4, 2016 10:36 am3571d ago
Little did I know when filing my child endangerment bill (HF 2064) in January that it would become the answer …
Ed Fallon, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 3, 2016 8:02 am3572d ago
The Bakken pipeline poses serious risks to Iowa’s farmland and waters. Yet the project’s impacts have not been fully assessed …
John Boorman, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2016 12:29 pm3573d ago
As the wind industry continues to harness Iowa’s immense wind resources – which met an unprecedented 31 percent of the …
Stephen Dykstra, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2016 8:00 am3573d ago
Much has been said since the Iowa Utilities Board approved the Bakken pipeline in Iowa this spring. Indeed, the project …
Jeff Russell, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2016 8:00 am3573d ago
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or health care reform has provided Americans with more options to purchase health insurance including …
John Lawrence Hanson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 1, 2016 11:00 am3574d ago
I am writing to you from the future. When my clock reads 7 a.m. in Norway, yours strikes midnight. Seven …
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