In 1965 – 50 years ago this coming Thursday – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark legislation that created …
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In 1965 – 50 years ago this coming Thursday – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark legislation that created …
On July 13, 1990, Senator Tom Harkin delivered the first speech in American Sign Language in the history of the …
Every time I come to Iowa, I’m struck by how Iowans view Washington, D.C. They see it as the remote …
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Just over a week ago, editorial board members Quinn Pettifer, Teresa Daubitz and I set up our tent in West …
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The great joy of the Iowa Presidential Caucuses is that every idea gets its moment in the spotlight. That can …
Upset with the looming closures of U.S. Postal Service locations across the state of Iowa in 2012, Governor Terry Branstad …
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