Thu Oct 3, 2019
Iowans urged to ‘get involved’ as caucuses near
CEDAR RAPIDS - With four months left until Iowa's first-in-the-nation Feb. 3 presidential caucuses, the state's political par...
Wed Dec 19, 2018
How We Got Here: Iowa voting patterns
Iowans vote. In 2017, the Iowa Secretary of State's Office reported that 1,572,633 registered voters made their choice in per...
Fri Sep 21, 2018
Iowa Ideas: In a #MeToo world, men, too, must be involved
CEDAR RAPIDS - In a society where sexual abuse and sexual harassment still are prevalent, we each have a lot of work to do, s...
Thu Feb 22, 2018
Iowans' Ideas: 5 things we need to fix
As Iowans, we tend to believe life is good. After all, we live in a state with safe communities, solid schools and an afforda...
Tue Feb 20, 2018
Has TIF been successful for economic development in Iowa?
For years, Coralville was Iowa's bad boy for its aggressive use of TIF - tax increment financing. Soon we could find out if C...
Tue Feb 20, 2018
Should college sports share the wealth?
There long has been a separation between the playing field and the classroom when it comes to revenue generated by college sp...
Wed Feb 14, 2018
As school choice movement grows, so does debate over cost
Cassie Mitvalsky never thought she would enroll one of her children in private school....
Thu Jan 18, 2018
Announcing: new tracks for Iowa Ideas 2018
We are looking forward to new opportunities, new challenges and new conversations in 2018. With this in mind, we are making a...
Thu Sep 21, 2017
$200 million Apple deal debated during Iowa Ideas panel
CEDAR RAPIDS - The Iowa Chamber Alliance's chief executive on Thursday defended the use of $200 million in financial incentiv...