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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 6, 2019 11:07 am2485d ago
Water has been the center of attention all over Iowa this spring. Well, except beneath our Golden Dome of Wisdom. …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists May. 3, 2019 9:00 am2488d ago
Iowa City is firing back in what is now a yearslong feud with state lawmakers. It started in 2017, when …
Staff Editorial Staff Columnists May. 2, 2019 3:44 pm2489d ago
Last fall, Iowans re-elected Attorney General Tom Miller for the 10th time by a wide margin. The Democrat, who is …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2019 4:28 pm2491d ago
There was a brief moment in the final days of the 2019 legislative session when I actually contemplated crediting Republicans …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2019 7:00 am2491d ago
In three of the past six legislative sessions, lawmakers waited until the very last day to approve bills expanding access …
Staff Columnists Apr. 26, 2019 8:00 am2495d ago
News of a longtime Iowa legislator switching parties this week quickly became a national discussion point. The reaction from political …
Staff Columnists Apr. 24, 2019 7:06 pm2497d ago
Statehouse Republicans are so agitated by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s conduct in office they failed to nominate anyone to …
Staff Columnists Apr. 23, 2019 6:00 am2498d ago
Iowa City officials are considering placing more police officers in our schools. The Iowa City School Board is expected to …
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Iowa Republicans will have the opportunity to say ‘yea” or ‘nay” as President Donald Trump seeks the Republican presidential nomination …
Staff Columnists Apr. 22, 2019 2:41 pm2499d 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 pm2501d 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 am2502d ago
Some time ago – probably around lie number 2,471 – I stopped accepting anything emitting from President Donald Trump’s mouth …
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