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To this day, if you type U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer’s name into Google, the top search suggestion is to find …
Gov. Kim Reynolds says all’s ‘quiet” on the water quality front so far this legislative session. But maybe that’s because …
No one wanted to brave the frigid elements this past Wednesday, not even those who have repeatedly confronted rain and …
Maybe, now that the business community is raising red flags, something will change. Members of the Iowa Business Council, a …
Local elected officials have weed, booze and cigarettes in mind this legislative season. Municipal governments recently published their legislative priorities …
Could 2019 finally be the year for meaningful marijuana reform? In the two years since the Legislature approved a law …
Regardless of political ideology, too many women have shared negative experiences. It would be fairly easy to simply file this …
Seven members of the Iowa House have filed the first bill of this General Assembly to replace a federal law …
Grilled cheese prevailed in Iowa City this week. City staff members put forth a proposal to end licensing of downtown …
Want to help fight hunger and food insecurity in Iowa? There’s a day set aside for that, and it happens …
Iowans are getting a lesson on the art of the flip-flop. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand last week announced her plans …
Between the holidays and start of the Legislative session, you may have missed news that another county jail in Iowa …
Iowa City is pondering the value of public art. Some local organizers complain the city government has underfunded its public …
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