Stores are closing everywhere, nearly 8,000 store closures; the Dressbarn is the latest with nearly 7,000 employees losing their jobs. …
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Stores are closing everywhere, nearly 8,000 store closures; the Dressbarn is the latest with nearly 7,000 employees losing their jobs. …
In reference to Mary Sanchez’s July 24 column, ‘Must Fear and Loathing be the 2020 Script,” a quick answer to …
Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher, once wrote: ‘Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” It is important that in …
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are killing America. How about insisting that all of our elected officials be required to read …
On a recent Saturday night, I stopped at the Hill Bros Conoco on the corner of Mount Vernon Road and …
I want to thank the wonderful person who found my wallet in a shopping cart in the Marion Menards parking …
Unfortunately, reports of police abuse are in the headlines, not news about actions officers perform daily making Cedar Rapids a …
Regarding the arts, Iowa City is a city of music, film and entertainment. There is no real venue for the …
One of U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s social media accounts recently posted that she is co-sponsoring a bill to reassign fentanyl …
The Wellington Heights neighborhood has a long, proud history as one of Cedar Rapids historic neighborhoods. In recent years, so …
As I get older, I appreciate and respect more and more our citizens who were in the military and protected …
Sen. Joni Ernst, we are a nation of people. We are a nation of immigrants, of different religions and cultures, …
In the wake of the latest racist, nativist, and xenophobic comments by Donald Trump, I feel that he, and the …
Joni Ernst has announced that she’ll be running for reelection to the United States Senate in 2020. With negligible legislative …
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