This month, the Iowa Legislature debated whether the state should expand its power to prohibit trans youth and their families …
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This month, the Iowa Legislature debated whether the state should expand its power to prohibit trans youth and their families …
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Every time I vow never to write another word about Marjorie Taylor Greene, something comes up to rattle my cage. …
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In recent years, I’ve frequently referred to our Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature as a bulldozer, swiftly shoving bills to passage while …
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In 2009, a minor controversy in a mid-sized town in Indiana involving two homosexual penguins was resolved when the penguins …
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If you have never had to learn or appreciate what a noncompetition agreement, or noncompete is, consider yourself lucky. These …
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My editor and I had a great experience at my old high school last week, where we were invited to …
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Trans people have been here. They are here today. They exist and they are entitled to the same basic human rights as the rest of us.
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Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation that would dictate how county supervisors are elected in three Iowa counties. It’s the …
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Very few media outlets published information about the Feb. 19 pro-Putin rally or the multitude of Republicans and other influential …
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Iowa House passed legislation restricting the use of eminent domain to take land easements for two …
Bruce Lear
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In 1979 on that first day of teaching, I oozed anxiety. After all, there were 30 sets of unknown eyes …
James C. Larew
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Iowa’s abundant freshwater supplies, once upon a time, were among our state’s most important and precious natural resources, in a …
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