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My daughter is a new student at the University of Iowa. Last week, I was driving near the university and …
Prestage Farms’ 20,000-a-day hog slaughtering facility in Cerro Gordo County was denied. Prestage then went to neighboring Wright County. Prestage …
Kim Reem doesn’t get it. Regarding Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid privatization, she claims ‘change is hard,” espousing that the privatization …
My purpose for writing this letter is to explain how I feel about the minimum wage. I feel as a …
One right that needs to be brought into the public eye is a father’s rights. There is an injustice done …
I was saddened to read that Bill Bills passed away suddenly at the age of 52. I think few people …
When our Constitution was drafted, there was a strong Federalist sentiment that religious laws should be written at the state …
I don’t understand why there are six new principals at the Cedar Rapids schools at once. Why is there such …
As I pondered ‘life” on my daily walk I could not help feeling blessed living in Cedar Rapids and being …
Register to vote online or at the Johnson County Administration Building, it matters. State clean water, schools and city funding …
So the judge won’t approve landowners’ request that the court act to hold up pipeline construction because they hadn’t tried …
Come Nov. 8, I will be supporting Rep. Rod Blum for these reasons: He knows we cannot tax our country …
To me, all the hoopla by politicians about raising the minimum wage is an admission that their economic policies have …
Seven years ago, our vegetable garden produced a bumper crop, too much for our family to consume. My wife advised …
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