By Gregg Heide —— The recent natural disaster in Japan has resulted in several large centralized power plants going offline, …
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By Gregg Heide —— The recent natural disaster in Japan has resulted in several large centralized power plants going offline, …
By Jack Harris and Peter Hong ————— There’s no lack of innovation and creativity in Iowa. But people with the …
By Mark Cooper —— Wall Street knows that new nuclear power reactors cost too much and won’t fund them. But …
By Cindy Dietz ——- The 2010 United Way of East Central Iowa (UWECI) Campaign recently concluded after raising a record …
By Mike Carberry —— The old saying goes that watching laws get made is like watching sausage get made. They …
By Kris Sargent ——– Women in Iowa have the highest incidence of colorectal cancer in the nation. As an oncology …
By Peter S. Fisher —— The recession clearly put a hole in state revenues. But the Iowa Legislature is ignoring …
By Ron Peterson — I’m the publisher of an Iowa daily newspaper. As is the case with most American dailies, …
By Judy Lonning —– On March 1, the state Senate Human Resources Committee passed Senate File 388 – a bill …
By Bill Leaver ——- BOFEPET. A single word that unlocks a great mystery: What is the ideal way to deliver …
By Glenn Modracek —- Two months after Iowa became the 39th state to adopt a “shall issue” format for issuing …
By Audrey Coleman —— On Feb. 25, a delegation of students and community activists, including Jake Altman and me from …
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