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‘Snow day” was once so charming and nostalgic. As someone who grew up on the frozen tundra of Northern Iowa, …
U.S. Sen Cory Booker, who visited Iowa last week after announcing his presidential bid earlier this month, earned national recognition …
It’s silly season at the Iowa Statehouse. Policymakers spend the first few weeks of each session introducing a multitude of …
A few hundred people gathered on a recent Saturday night in downtown Cedar Rapids were introduced to an organization and …
There was an unusual roll call in the U.S. Senate this week. Iowa’s pro-Trump senators broke with the president, while …
One of these days, a legislative majority driven by rigid ideology, its outraged partisan base or the largesse of its …
Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. So it is appropriate that members of the …
Iowa lawmakers are considering several bills to address the many shortcomings in the state’s medical marijuana program. One of the …
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 …
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