Iowa Republicans will have the opportunity to say ‘yea” or ‘nay” as President Donald Trump seeks the Republican presidential nomination …
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Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jun. 3, 2021 5:56 pm1592d ago
Iowa Republicans will have the opportunity to say ‘yea” or ‘nay” as President Donald Trump seeks the Republican presidential nomination …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 22, 2019 2:41 pm2365d ago
Republican state lawmakers are talking about handing down a ‘soft cap” to their fellow elected leaders running local governments. That …
Staff Columnists Apr. 20, 2019 12:45 pm2368d ago
You must be the media you hope to see in the world. I spent several minutes yelling that statement at …
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April 20 is observed around the world as the marijuana holiday, sometimes known as 420 Day. Millions of people will …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2019 5:30 am2369d ago
Some time ago – probably around lie number 2,471 – I stopped accepting anything emitting from President Donald Trump’s mouth …
Staff Columnists Aug. 12, 2021 9:26 am1523d ago
Bill Stowe shoved water quality to the front burner in Iowa, and his critics boiled over. Former Gov. Terry Branstad …
Staff Columnists Apr. 17, 2019 8:15 am2371d ago
This is a story about two police officers who should be allowed to stay together. West Union, a small Iowa …
Staff Columnists Apr. 16, 2019 7:00 am2372d ago
Iowa’s accidental congressman is calling it quits. U.S. Rep Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, announced last week he will retire at the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 15, 2019 12:24 pm2373d ago
Phil Hemingway has earned a few critics in his time as a political activist in Iowa City. Hemingway was elected …
Opinion Apr. 14, 2019 6:18 pm2373d ago
A few years back, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation bought 172 acres of land along and near the West Fork …
Staff Columnists Apr. 14, 2019 1:45 pm2373d ago
With the Iowa Legislature unwilling, at least for now, to back Gov. Kim Reynolds’ directive to automatically restore felon voting …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2019 7:38 pm2374d ago
The Iowa City Council delivered a victory for freedom and liberty this month when it voted to repeal an ordinance …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2019 8:15 am2375d ago
Members of the Iowa House this week passed an amended bill making female genital mutilation a felony, a measure expected …
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