Loans due in full next payday. No installments, no exceptions. What began as a one-time small dollar loan to address …
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Matthew Covington, guest columnist Guest Columnists Mar. 17, 2015 4:00 pm3891d ago
Loans due in full next payday. No installments, no exceptions. What began as a one-time small dollar loan to address …
Britt Christensen, guest columnist Guest Columnists Mar. 16, 2015 8:00 am3893d ago
A study by researchers Erik Nisbet, Kathryn Cooper and R. Kelly Garrett from Ohio State University found evidence that, depending …
Tim Trenkle, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 16, 2015 10:00 am3893d ago
The old man was born on a hill west of Davenport. The livestock clamored from an 1820 barn outside the …
Jon Stravers, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 14, 2015 2:00 pm3895d ago
Once upon a time on a November day in 2010, there was an election in Iowa where the people overwhelmingly …
Hal Quinn, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 13, 2015 4:00 pm3895d ago
American households and businesses currently reaping the benefits of low oil prices may soon lose them to higher electricity bills. …
Shawn McCoy, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 13, 2015 8:15 am3896d ago
It has begun. The quadrennial trickle of news emerging from what may seem an unlikely place has many Americans wondering, …
Kami Holmes, guest columnist Guest Columnists Mar. 12, 2015 8:30 am3897d ago
Did you know that the Iowa Veterans Home currently has a memorial on their grounds for each of our major …
Liz Mathis, guest columnist Guest Columnists Mar. 11, 2015 9:37 am3898d ago
Late last year, when the Governor’s and Lt. Governor’s budget rolled out, there was a funding line missing; no appropriations …
Amber Mussman, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 8, 2015 12:20 am3901d ago
Each year, a committee made up of library staff from the Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Marion public libraries, along with …
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Guest Columnists Mar. 8, 2015 12:00 am3901d ago
Ben Rogers, guest columnist According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately 1 in 17 adults in the United …
Carol Meade, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 8, 2015 12:00 am3901d ago
When we look at the current condition of the mental health system in our community, state and nation, there are …
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Guest Columnists Mar. 8, 2015 12:00 am3901d ago
The World Health Organization identifies mental illness as the most disabling health condition in the world above cancer and heart …
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