On a recent cold Monday, unexpected things entered my head after being told I might be in the midst of …
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On a recent cold Monday, unexpected things entered my head after being told I might be in the midst of …
I’ve been thinking about my friend lately. She’s been a big part of my life for five decades, reliably there …
It’s a race against time as Trump consolidates power and undermines the law
In the fall of 1975, I was a freshman at Central College in Pella. I graduated from high school with …
Shockwaves from President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire executive orders have reached Iowa. Keeping track of his orders, and the exploits of …
Iowa Attorney General Brenna bird talks often of her staunch opposition to abortion. “Every life is valuable and worth our …
In January, the Iowa House fast tracked a bill requiring the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) to place a …
On Jan. 31, 2025, the largest data breach in American history occurred when Elon Musk accessed the United States Treasury …
Iowa was among the early states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The 2013 decision …
In his celebrated 1942 book, “ Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy,” Joseph Schumpeter expresses a pessimistic view about the prospects of …
I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since yesterday
Drive a rural Iowa highway at 3 a.m. and you can go for miles without seeing another vehicle. All those …
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