Label: Guest Column | Kurt Ullrich On some days, when the wind is just right, I can hear the big …
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Label: Guest Column | Kurt Ullrich On some days, when the wind is just right, I can hear the big …
While both the problem and solutions are complicated, the children cannot wait.
Ernst’s bipartisan Clean Slate Act would help some released prisoners earn gainful employment
What would you do if an apple tree in your yard started producing rotten fruit? There are several options. You …
Bureaucrats are coming for Iowa’s farm puddles again. OK, not really. But as the Biden administration surveys the environmental wreckage …
It’s past time to expand the U.S. House
A recreation fee to pay for pollution mitigation puts the onus on Iowans harmed by pollution, not the polluters themselves. That doesn’t make sense.
Iowa Republicans rail against federal aid, but now they’re hoping it will fill state needs
No Iowa governmental entity is talking about requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to conduct public business. Reports of Iowa businesses barring the unvaccinated also are not rolling in.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but it’s an issue all year long
Some agencies even refuse to provide the public with their internal policies about body camera footage
Iowa falls short of recommendation for ratio of students to school counselors
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