I’m voting no and pray that the local-option sales tax doesn’t receive a 20-year extension. As proof that taxes were …
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I’m voting no and pray that the local-option sales tax doesn’t receive a 20-year extension. As proof that taxes were …
? I am not a big Hawkeye fan, but it pains me to sit back and see the neighborhood association …
As someone who is also offended by Conservative Coming Out Week, I stand in support of the message Professor Ellen …
The Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CRACVB) Board of Directors endorses the proposed 20-year extension of the city …
Here’s a great idea! Students carrying guns on campus. In the words of Jay Leno, “What could possibly go wrong …
The city of Cedar Rapids is considering constructing flood walls, using revenue from a proposed 20-year local option tax, plus …
The local opposition to the opening of a woman-friendly “sex shop” in Iowa City is not surprising, but it is …
The Iowa House recently eliminated funding for tobacco prevention and cessation services, by cutting the budget for these services from …
My family was greatly impacted by the flood of 2008. We ended up tearing down our existing home and putting …
If the plasma arc folks (planning a plasma arc plant in Marion) want to get 100 tons of trash a …
Thank you to Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, for voting against the measure that would have taken funding away for women’s …
I am so glad I live in a country that sends thousands of young men to the Middle East to …
Remember Pearl Harbor, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan? They all have one thing in common – American service …
I find it ironic that Standard & Poor’s rating of the risk level of U.S. debt should have any credibility. …
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