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Something doesn’t add up here. A group of Cornell College students said last month they were denied student organization status …
Eastern Iowa will be more than a little bit Irish this weekend. I’ll have my pick of several Irish-inspired bars …
It’s been a big political week here in the Hawkeye State what with the canoodling video, resignation, leadership elections and …
What does it say about our state when an illicit kiss is considered more professionally disgraceful than failed leadership? Please, …
Blockchain will change the world, as long as the government doesn’t mess it up first. The technology burst into public …
Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix resigned his Senate seat Monday afternoon after a video surfaced apparently showing him kissing …
Iowa House Republicans are behaving like children who have something to hide. Because they do. Last week, the Iowa House …
A few weeks ago, when I wrote about a Senate bill that would require an Iowa Supreme Court supermajority to …
Iowa’s Republican U.S. senators last week co-signed a bipartisan proposal to address school violence by helping schools bolster security and …
Gov. Kim Reynolds is officially running for governor. Reynolds brought her announcement tour to Marion last week, where she was …
Members of the Iowa House unanimously voted this week to protect Iowa school children from shaming – and give communities …
I find myself in an unfamiliar position. My career as a journalist and activist in recent years largely has focused …
Iowa lawmakers are mulling a bill that would require the state’s high school students to pass a civics exam before …
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