First things first. The news of the appointment of the nation’s longest-serving governor, Iowa’s Terry Branstad, to be ambassador to …
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First things first. The news of the appointment of the nation’s longest-serving governor, Iowa’s Terry Branstad, to be ambassador to …
You might have heard about ‘comprehensive planning” and wondered what it is and why it is useful. Many cities in …
In the speech that launched his national political career in 2004, Barack Obama famously said, ‘There are no red states …
More than 100 high school, college, graduate students and everyday people in Iowa City marched onto Interstate 80 on Nov. …
As the Trump administration’s curious embrace of ‘alternative facts” drew loads of media attention, less attention was being paid to …
Immigration reforms as outlined in two of President Donald Trump’s executive orders don’t change much for American cities and counties …
Serving as a crisis intervention specialist at The Crisis Center of Johnson County has truly been one of most rewarding …
Last weekend, Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden took to these pages with a lengthy response to the Iowa Justice …
Trimming $110 million from the state budget was never going to be painless, but a compromise between Gov. Terry Branstad …
In the wake of the election results in November, there has been talk that Republican majorities in the state legislature …
As a result of lowered tax receipt projections, Iowa’s governor and Legislature must ‘deappropriate funds” – i.e., cut budgets on …
Diminishing wildlife habitat, topsoil erosion, flooding and water quality degradation were growing conservation problems facing Iowa over a decade ago. …
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