The top priority of the Iowa secretary of state ought to be increasing election turnout, not intimidating Iowa voters. Iowans …
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The top priority of the Iowa secretary of state ought to be increasing election turnout, not intimidating Iowa voters. Iowans …
After listening to millions of dollars worth of attack ads from Bruce Braley, Joni Ernst, Jack Hatch and Terry Branstad, …
In a few weeks voters will elect individuals to represent them. Some people were surprised when I told them that …
Iowa needs a governor with Iowa values. Jack Hatch will work hard for the state and for every Iowan. He …
I lend my support to the candidacy of Sen. Rob Hogg to be returned to the Iowa Senate. Hogg has …
Joni Ernst learned early the values of hard work and thrift working on her family’s farm. The lifelong Iowan has …
Sen. Pat Murphy’s TV ad ‘Last to leave” is a disappointment, but probably not surprising. Rod Blum, Republican candidate for …
A recent Des Moines Register featured pictures and a story of two 90-year-old women who have loved each other for …
The Iowa Automobile Dealers Association connived with Iowa lawmakers who enacted a protectionist law permitting only licensed, bonded, insured dealers …
As a member of the North Liberty Community Pantry’s board of directors, I wholeheartedly support the pantry’s efforts to build …
When I began my job in the late 1980s as the director of Linn County’s services for people with disabilities …
I almost didn’t vote this year. All the dirty money needed and taken to run for office, I almost didn’t …
Wouldn’t it be refreshing and forthcoming for the candidates running for the U.S. Senate to address the real issues, ie: …
I was pleasantly surprised to read David Chung’s Sept. 22 editorial ‘Nothing wrong with party-line voting.” Here we have a …
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