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The state Board of Regents has a transparency problem, which it pledged to correct. Action taken today and Thursday will …
Americans with non-violent criminal records would get much-deserved second chances under a new federal proposal. U.S. Rep. Rod Blum last …
Iowa is slipping down the rankings of the freest states. That’s according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank …
Tim Gannon, the Democratic nominee for Iowa secretary of agriculture, stopped by our shop about a week ago. We talked …
There is a temptation to think the craziness and the anger of the current political moment is unique. Maybe it …
‘So, how did Iowa fare in Chicago?” That’s the question I posed to a local friend, a member of the …
Despite initial excitement about the nation’s first explicit anti-cancer vaccination, America’s cultural taboo on teen sexual activity is leaving too …
Candidates for governor all say they’re looking forward to debating the issues before this November’s election. But when, where – …
Lost in the ongoing conversation about abortion and executive branch power that surrounds U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are …
Please don’t reduce Monday, Labor Day, to the symbolic end of summer or, worse yet, an opportunity to shop clearance …
It seems everything is a Russian conspiracy these days. One of the newest claims is that Russians are ‘weaponizing health …
John McCain was funny. That’s what I’ll remember. Yes, of course, he was a war hero, a towering figure in …
When it comes to voting in the upcoming midterm election, my millennial daughters appear to be outliers of their generation. …
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