There are more than 50,000 job openings in the state of Iowa today. Yet only about two in three able-bodied …
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Clay Rhodes Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2025 6:53 am367d 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 Guest Columnists Feb. 2, 2025 5:00 am369d ago
Linn County Public Health Director Pramod Dwivedi wrote on Jan. 26 that the link between alcohol and cancer is a …
Linda Langston
Guest Columnists Feb. 2, 2025 5:00 am369d ago
FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was created in 1979 to coordinate the response to disasters that overwhelm the resources …
Rachel Zimmermann Smith
Guest Columnists Feb. 1, 2025 5:00 am370d ago
Every crime has a victim. As the Johnson County Attorney, one of my most important jobs is to hold perpetrators …
Rich Patterson
Guest Columnists Feb. 1, 2025 4:45 am370d ago
Following my Dad’s death I inherited a plastic bin stuffed with papers passed down by my ancestors. In it I …
Patricia Patnode
Guest Columnists Jan. 31, 2025 6:33 am371d ago
An education bill ( HSB 30 ), currently sitting in a Iowa House committee, would add an additional graduation requirement …
Joshua Henik Guest Columnists Jan. 31, 2025 6:29 am371d ago
The article “Stop Talking About Iowa’s Dirty Water, or Else” raises important concerns about Iowa’s water quality but oversimplifies the …
Gerard Clancy, Michael McCoy and Christina Taylor Guest Columnists Jan. 29, 2025 6:32 am373d ago
All too often we see patients experiencing poor health because of a disease or condition that was preventable or more …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Jan. 29, 2025 6:28 am373d ago
Americans love expressing their opinions. After all, America was founded on free speech. You’ll find those loud opinions at any sporting …
Teresa Horton
Guest Columnists Jan. 28, 2025 6:19 am374d ago
Even after an election takes place, the security and reliability of our election system’s infrastructure needs to remain a priority. …
Pramod Dwivedi
Guest Columnists Jan. 26, 2025 5:00 am376d ago
The recent report from the U.S. Surgeon General reveals a sobering reality: alcohol consumption is a significant and often overlooked …
Darlene Schmidt and Amy Johnson
Guest Columnists Jan. 26, 2025 5:00 am376d ago
Kristine Beenken of Waterloo said she’s forever grateful to the Community Health Free Clinic in Cedar Rapids for the medical …
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