We hoped for a serious legislative session focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing issues affecting Iowans. It didn’t …
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We hoped for a serious legislative session focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing issues affecting Iowans. It didn’t …
I recently left a job at a faith-based nonprofit after being involved in it for over half my life. It came …
It was just 60 years ago, on Jan. 20, 1961, that John Fitzgerald Kennedy placed his right hand on a …
After Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to undermine the 2020 election results, a few observers likened …
Like most Americans, I’m heartbroken by what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. It was an assault on …
We’ve been in the Washington, D.C., area for the past five weeks. I lived and worked here not so many …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan and first officially observed as a federal …
A recent opinion piece in this paper by two University of Iowa professors (‘Pull the plug on ethanol,” Jan. 10) …
I am still in a state of disbelief after reading Rod Boshart’s recent article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette in …
The pains of the pandemic have already caused scores of Iowa music venues to close permanently, including The Mill in …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ speech Tuesday scared me. As a teacher, I’ve spent most of this school year in a state …
Political support for full marijuana legalization in Iowa has never been greater. Five state senators and 16 state representatives, all …
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