Iowa may soon become the first state to offer smartphone-based ID cards. When Iowa announced a pilot program for its …
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Iowa may soon become the first state to offer smartphone-based ID cards. When Iowa announced a pilot program for its …
Rezoning was granted Tuesday by a supermajority of the Cedar Rapids City Council, giving the hotly debated Crestwood Ridge mixed-income …
I’m simply hoping Gov. Kim Reynolds listens. Sure, business interests, donors and partisans backing her politically will have the new …
As veterans, we have had too much experience with illegal, immoral and counterproductive wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, El Salvador, etc.). …
‘We didn’t know much about housing, but we did work with children and families who didn’t have it and we …
We admire leaders who get things done, especially big, visionary stuff. We also admire leaders who stick to their principles, …
This month the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to fix Obamacare. After standing up to …
News that health care advocates had been dreading came Thursday: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland will shutter a third of …
Gov. Terry Branstad soon will report for duty in China, a fitting end to Iowa’s one-governor policy. He won Iowa’s …
May is mental health awareness month. It would make sense that as a former licensed mental health therapist I might …
Some have questioned the motives behind the Crestwood Ridge property that CommonBond Communities proposes to develop on the northwest corner …
Although it’s been hoped for years Cedar Rapids’s towering landfill pile affectionately dubbed Mount Trashmore could become a recreation destination, …
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