By Tim Trenkle —- On the first day of summer, the front page of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald set a …
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By Tim Trenkle —- On the first day of summer, the front page of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald set a …
The Gazette Editorial Board — This week marked the fifth anniversary of Iowa’s hard-won Clean Indoor Air Act, which banned …
By Danny Homan —- When elected officials make decisions about spending public dollars, they reveal their priorities and values. Gov. …
Warning, my annual Fourth of July satire: So Paul Revere gallops up to a fellow colonist, who is wearing ear …
So I’ve been revisiting the Battle of Gettysburg as the Fourth of July approached. This week marks the 150th anniversary. …
Gov. Terry Branstad’s SUV was apparently westbound and down, loaded up and truckin.’ The Gazette’s Rod Boshart provides a recap: …
By Iowa City Press-Citizen —- When the Iowa Legislature passed the Smokefree Air Act five years ago, it came as …
By The Des Moines Register —- Former Des Moines School Superintendent Nancy Sebring freely admits she used exceedingly poor judgment …
By Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier —- Recent task force recommendations to ensure increased transparency from the Iowa Board of Regents are …
By Kurt Bradley — Life is about change, we all know that. Yet, in each of us there is a …
By The Gazette Editorial Board —- While we celebrate America’s birthday on July 4, we should also send a big …
So I was out on my annual, futile search for a truly rockin’ New Fiscal Year’s Eve party when I …
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