By David Surdam During the debate before the health care bill was passed, no public figure was willing to state …
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By David Surdam During the debate before the health care bill was passed, no public figure was willing to state …
Editor’s note: Mary Sanchez’s column is not available today. By Gina Schatteman As an Iowan, I am proud of the …
By Patrick Jury On behalf of all Iowa small businesses and credit unions, we applaud the efforts of the congressmen …
By Curt Zingula By now we’ve all heard that Iowa’s increasing annual rainfall puts development in the flood plain at …
By Joel Snell Numerous measures such as the Gallup Poll from 1966 indicated we valued our leaders, institutions and others. …
By Shannon Ramsay Back in 1990, Trees Forever and Alliant Energy teamed up on a project to plant trees for …
By Brett Tolman Having sat in the seat of the U.S. attorney during an immigration raid, I can tell you …
By David Loebsack Our country is still experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Despite what the pundits …
By Roger Claypool A year and a half after the country came perilously close to economic collapse, average Americans are …
B y Judi Whetstine Nationally and locally, recent questions have been raised when news media report stories about themselves or …
By Robert Lutz News of George Nissen’s death on April 7 flooded my mind with thoughts from my teen years, …
By Nathan Tucker Students, parents and teachers at Guthrie Center are wrestling with difficult questions after a shop teacher was …
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