Local researchers may have come up with a way to attack water toxins that have spawned swimming advisories and closed …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 14, 2020 9:30 am2201d ago
Local researchers may have come up with a way to attack water toxins that have spawned swimming advisories and closed …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Feb. 13, 2020 11:32 am2202d ago
In a stunning and downright creepy display of government overreach, one Iowa Republican lawmaker wants to create a state record …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 13, 2020 8:14 pm2201d ago
Just before Thanksgiving, I emailed Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office to ask which groups and individuals were involved in crafting the …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 4:04 pm2175d ago
Nothing heightens romance in a marriage like a little swindle. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported this week that the faith-based …
Lyz Lenz Staff Columnists Feb. 11, 2020 9:51 am2204d ago
When she was 16, my sister woke up from a nightmare. She dreamed she was being attacked by someone she …
Staff Columnists Feb. 11, 2020 4:42 pm2203d ago
While we were keenly watching the slow-motion implosion of Iowa’s presidential caucuses, the Iowa Legislature has been on the job. …
Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2020 10:43 am2208d ago
In the absolute pandemonium over the delayed Democratic caucus results, the calls to end Iowa’s quadrennial political purgatory have grown …
Staff Columnists Feb. 6, 2020 3:35 pm2208d ago
On a visit to Iowa last week, President Donald Trump offered a rare bit of truth about illegal immigration. ‘We’re …
Staff Columnists Feb. 6, 2020 12:48 pm2209d ago
Endings in politics rarely are happy endings. Long-serving politicians overstay their welcome and voters kick them to the curb. Majorities …
Staff Columnists Feb. 5, 2020 6:00 am2210d ago
The Iowa caucuses are not quite over. Now that Iowa Republicans and Democrats have sounded off, another presidential nomination contest …
Staff Columnists Feb. 4, 2020 7:31 am2211d ago
In the end, we did this to ourselves. We played ourselves. The chaos and pandemonium out of the caucuses are …
Staff Columnists Feb. 3, 2020 10:58 pm2211d ago
In Marion’s precinct 5, caucus night got messy. ‘Well, I was rooting for you, Iowa caucuses,” said my, daughter, Tess, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 3, 2020 8:20 pm2211d ago
Leading up to the 2020 Iowa caucuses, I repeatedly praised Iowa GOP officials for their decision to host preference polls …
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