American consumers were victims of deceptive advertising and consumer fraud to the tune of $3.3 billion last year, nearly double …
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Peggy Stover Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 4:25 pm1548d ago
American consumers were victims of deceptive advertising and consumer fraud to the tune of $3.3 billion last year, nearly double …
Sonia Ettinger Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 4:25 pm1548d ago
Congratulations to Iowa City for running its second annual Climate Fest. This week from Sept. 20-25 there are various activities …
Jim Walters
Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 4:24 pm1548d ago
John Henrickson’s guest column (“2022 should be a great year for taxpayers,” Sept. 19) says: “Iowa’s goal should be to …
David Duer
Opinion Sep. 24, 2021 4:24 pm1548d ago
As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to climb in Iowa, with the largest percentage (29%) of those cases …
Gordon Taylor
Opinion Sep. 22, 2021 3:47 pm1550d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has joined 25 other Republican governors in signing a letter requesting an audience with President Joe Biden …
Arlie Willems
Opinion Sep. 20, 2021 1:13 pm1552d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds: The president of the United States has implored governors to protect their children from this most dangerous, …
Anthony Miell
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1555d ago
With the Republican Party in a nationwide full-court press trying to end abortion, it struck me that there is a …
Erika Kearney
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1555d ago
I’m a 49-year old white female and recently moved to Cedar Rapids about four years ago with my husband. My …
State Rep. Bubba Sorensen
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:03 pm1555d ago
Last week I attended Sen. Chuck Grassley‘s 99th county meeting for the 41st year in a row. It was an …
Janet Hixson
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:02 pm1555d ago
Sen. Joni Ernst recently responded to President Joe Biden’s new requirements for vaccination and testing mandates as “diverting attention away …
Patrick Muller
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1555d ago
On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 al-Qaida attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. and of the …
Agshin Taghiyev
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1555d ago
Sept. 11 was one of the darkest pages of our history. Just within a few hours and at four locations, …
Kevin Wymore
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 4:01 pm1555d ago
Cedar Rapids residents should immediately demand no changes to the school-based police deployment in the public schools. The common good, …
Thomas Cook
Opinion Sep. 17, 2021 3:58 pm1555d ago
I couldn’t believe it when I read that Mariannette Miller-Meeks, my representative in Congress, retweeted the fake news article “Biden …
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