Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 27, 2020 7:00 am2085d ago
Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Jan. 24, 2020 3:38 pm2088d ago
When Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones was a state representative, she led women on tours of the Capitol. She wanted women to …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 4:01 pm2042d ago
Iowans stuck in the Obamacare gap — too rich to receive insurance subsidies, but too poor to comfortably afford a …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2020 7:00 am2089d ago
When Republicans’ legal arguments don’t prevail in Iowa courts, they don’t reconsider their misguided legislative proposals. They seek instead to …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2020 2:25 pm2091d ago
The night of Nov. 8, 2016, I was at an election party, wearing a suit, drinking and watching the results …
Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2020 9:38 am2091d ago
Iowa is desperate to attract workers to fill open positions and populate our stagnating communities. However, a complex web of …
Staff Columnists Jan. 17, 2020 11:45 am2095d ago
The state whose motto is ‘Live Free or Die” is certainly good at keeping their clamming boots on our neck. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 2:16 pm2042d ago
This tax cut game is rigged. For all of the two decades or so your columnist has been watching state …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2020 11:13 am2096d ago
Twice in the same week, President Donald Trump and his best friends in Iowa threw themselves unearned victory parties over …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2020 9:18 am2096d ago
So after nearly a decade of waiting, an Iowa governor has rolled out a plan for, finally, filling the Natural …
Staff Columnists Jan. 15, 2020 3:27 pm2097d ago
With all the TV advertisements, news reports and campaign mail, it would be easy to assume the Iowa caucuses are …
Staff Columnists Jan. 14, 2020 1:06 pm2098d ago
In years past, Genie Maybanks thought that an Iowan who was undecided in January wasn’t paying enough attention. Except now, …
Staff Columnists Jan. 13, 2020 1:04 pm2099d ago
This year is set to be another big one for drug reform in the United States. Not so in Iowa, …
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