By Susan Estrich It was 30 years ago that we first put national health insurance in the Democratic Party platform. …
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By Susan Estrich It was 30 years ago that we first put national health insurance in the Democratic Party platform. …
By Robert Heitman and Teresa Heitman Bills in the Iowa Legislature appear concerned with how Home School Assistance Program (HSAP) …
We are troubled by allegations of financial wrongdoing inside the Iowa Association of School Boards. If it’s true that members …
By Ryan Bobst Todd Dorman’s column resumes Tuesday. The recent collapse of the economy has produced several solutions for big …
By Kathleen Parker If your impression of an Afghan woman is of a shapeless, frightened form engulfed in yards of …
Hurrah! – so far. Last week, the Iowa Senate approved legislation that, after two years of effort, would create a …
The Iowa Legislature avoided making a big mistake. From the front page of the March 17, 1911, Cedar Rapids Evening …
If some Iowa City business owners have their way, soon they’ll be the only people allowed to ask for money …
Iowa’s Race for Governor, still on the bubble. The filing deadline is this week. And that means it’s time for Iowa’s big …
By Mary Sanchez Texas Gov. Rick Perry has some bad news for the Vatican. Archbishop Oscar Romero, the influential cleric …
Fluoridation of public water supplies has had its critics ever since Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first U.S. city to …
Where’s there’s smoke, there’s also a whiff of desperation. Cigarette smoke, according to Iowa Family Policy Center President Chuck Hurley, …
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