Gov. Kim Reynolds is the best of the worst among American governors on marijuana reform. Iowa’s Republican leader barely earned …
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Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jan. 30, 2020 6:18 pm2151d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds is the best of the worst among American governors on marijuana reform. Iowa’s Republican leader barely earned …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 30, 2020 9:05 am2152d ago
Statehouse politicians are taking aim at political bias. In other news, mosquitoes are opposed to itch and irritation. State Sen. …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2021 2:39 pm1476d ago
The bipartisan crusade to discard evidence and conflate smoking with vaping is on track to be codified in Iowa law. …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Jan. 28, 2020 1:36 pm2154d ago
Krista Sigel wants to caucus, but with a baby who is almost a year old, she doesn’t know how to …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jan. 27, 2020 12:28 pm2155d ago
Is it a death grip or a limp handshake? President Donald Trump’s grasp on the Republican Party grassroots will get …
Staff Columnists Jan. 27, 2020 7:00 am2155d ago
Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …
Staff Columnists Jan. 24, 2020 3:38 pm2158d ago
When Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones was a state representative, she led women on tours of the Capitol. She wanted women to …
Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 4:01 pm2112d ago
Iowans stuck in the Obamacare gap — too rich to receive insurance subsidies, but too poor to comfortably afford a …
Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2020 7:00 am2159d ago
When Republicans’ legal arguments don’t prevail in Iowa courts, they don’t reconsider their misguided legislative proposals. They seek instead to …
Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2020 2:25 pm2161d 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 am2161d 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 am2165d 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 pm2112d ago
This tax cut game is rigged. For all of the two decades or so your columnist has been watching state …
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