By Bill McCartan ——— I am a Republican and a practicing Catholic. Yet I support the decision of the Iowa …
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By Bill McCartan ——— I am a Republican and a practicing Catholic. Yet I support the decision of the Iowa …
By Larry Zimpleman ———– For nearly 50 years, Iowa’s merit-based system for selecting and retaining judges has been a highly …
By David Osterberg ———- Renewable energy gets a lot of attention at election time, but there is so much more …
By Brian Fagan and Nick Harper ‘Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain” is proudly emblazoned on …
By Sue Plotz Olson __________ Cultural knowledge is one of the foundations of our community. We Cedar Rapidians know who …
By Richard Luther One of the hardest-hit areas in the 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids was the historic residential core …
By Katie Sandquist The recent introduction of the use of telemedicine to bring medical abortion to more communities in Iowa …
By Thomas Kopecky The Cedar Rapids City Council’s second vote (Sept. 14) to close two blocks of Second Avenue SE …
By Dee Baird and Barry Boyer For two years, our community has bounced between angst and anticipation. Angst over flood …
By Gary Grant and Jeff Lara ———- Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families has launched the “10 Red Flags …
By The Rev. Dr. Michael L. Burk ————— Though deeply rooted in the soil and values of Iowa, the World …
By Bob Watson It’s not just one bad egg. There are fundamental problems across industrial confinement agriculture. In the last …
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