Of all the reasons Iowans should not elect a Republican to replace Sen. Tom Harkin, having a farmer as chair …
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Of all the reasons Iowans should not elect a Republican to replace Sen. Tom Harkin, having a farmer as chair …
I found sense in Scott Fruehling’s March 22 letter, “Time for single school district in Marion” suggesting merging Marion and …
The Iowa Legislature hasn’t passed a gas tax increase. The media will be reporting closed country roads and impassable bridges …
This year, AmeriCorps is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I am serving in the National Health Corps and have witnessed the …
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds have put forth an ambitious agenda looking forward and have a historic …
Ben Carson’s March 13 column, “The profligate path to servitude,” shows he is uninformed about money management. Money is created …
Some politicians and most environmentalists are concerned about the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Well, they should be because …
We have an opportunity to once again show the nation our quality of life. A bill has been written to …
My wife and I were born 90 years ago. We and our children, our extended families, neighbors and their children …
I have no stake in the “Mallard Fillmore” debate. I do find his commentary mean, petty, often wrong about the …
Gov. Terry Branstad and I have a lot in common. We’re both 67-year-old white males, native Iowans, raised on family …
Cedar Rapids is a city that I never cared much for but now with its traffic cameras I have decided …
The city streets department is going to get pothole-filling machines to replace the current practice of shoveling blacktop into a …
Another thing U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley apparently doesn’t understand about Iowans is the fact that Sen. Chuck Grassley being a …
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