April is National Volunteer Month – a month to honor and thank the volunteers in our communities, as well as …
Bradley G. Hart, guest columnist Guest Columnists Apr. 3, 2017 5:25 pm3089d ago
April is National Volunteer Month – a month to honor and thank the volunteers in our communities, as well as …
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Dick Trotter, guest columnist I’m not sure who irritates me more; Gary Hughes of Marion or Sen. Brad Zaun of …
Staff Columnists Apr. 2, 2017 7:00 am3090d ago
We all know Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will take over duties as Iowa’s governor when Gov. Terry Branstad leaves for …
Staff Editorials Apr. 1, 2017 1:00 am3091d ago
After years of debate, locally and at the Statehouse, Iowa lawmakers are on the verge of scrapping county compensation boards, …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 4:36 pm3092d ago
My buddy Zag, so nicknamed for his love of Zagnut candy bars, obtained his driver’s license a few days after …
Art Tate, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 4:36 pm3092d ago
Three years ago I made a personal commitment and took a stand regarding the need for equal funding for every …
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John Boorman, guest columnist Guest Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 4:36 pm3092d ago
For a long time, most Americans knew two things about Iowa: our caucuses kick off the presidential nomination process, and …
Staff Columnists Apr. 1, 2017 4:47 pm3091d ago
This month the Iowa Statehouse moves closer to its ‘people’s house” nickname when first an atheist, and then a humanist, …
James Craig, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 4:02 pm3092d ago
As a member of the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Facilities Master Planning Committee, I am one of some 70 …
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Adam Sullivan, At Liberty One of the most heated legislative issues of the year reached a climax this week when …
Trint Helle, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 10:44 am3092d ago
Do you think that transgender people should have the same rights as cisgender people? Many transgender people are denied basic …
Staff Columnists Mar. 31, 2017 9:00 am3092d ago
Seventy percent of the roughly 1,600 children who die in the U.S. each year from abuse or neglect are under …
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