Who was your favorite teacher? It’s a question we all can answer. Not only can we likely tell at least …
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Who was your favorite teacher? It’s a question we all can answer. Not only can we likely tell at least …
There are no sweeter words to a state legislator (or a Statehouse reporter) than the words, “Adjourned Sine Die.” Literally, …
Iowa farmers buy about as much fertilizer as anyone in the country, so they know one thing: prices are too …
Charles Lindbergh crash-landed in Linn County 100 years ago.
To provide relief from a housing crash which was part of the Great Depression, and to ensure future stability in …
Republicans who run the Iowa Legislature have sent Gov. Kim Reynolds a budget bill that would eliminate funding for a …
It was a surprising decision by the Cedar Rapids School Board when it voted last month demolish Harrison Elementary School …
There’s an old story about how to boil a frog. If you put a frog in boiling water, it will …
This week, the Iowa Legislature concluded the 2023 legislative session — one that will arguably go down as the most …
Individual acts of civil disobedience can be more powerful than a protest drawing hundreds of people, especially now when social …
Iowa is at the forefront of renewable energy development, with a solid commitment to wind energy and a growing interest …
Can Americans’ electric cars slow climate change? In 1971 the comics’ Pogo ecologically observed, “We have met the enemy and …
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