Cannibalization was so 2017. This year, it’s imagination. Well, at least on the west side of the Cedar River downtown, …
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Cannibalization was so 2017. This year, it’s imagination. Well, at least on the west side of the Cedar River downtown, …
Alison Gowans Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2018 11:35 am2857d ago
Hey, what’s that sound? I’ve got that Buffalo Springfield song going through my head. The 1960s protest song ‘For What …
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Imagine opening an email message from your boss and discovering a video clip of a woman in a Santa hat …
Erin Murphy Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2018 11:34 am2857d ago
I cannot believe I have to write this, but here we are. Attempting to discredit the media is not a …
Staff Columnists Feb. 24, 2018 10:06 am2858d ago
Key pathways in Iowa’s quest to reduce recidivism are initiatives the Department of Corrections can’t initiate. About 95 percent of …
Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2018 11:27 am2857d ago
Republican politicians are re-imagining the laws of economics. According to the trending theory, the government’s restrictions have very little impact …
Staff Columnists Feb. 23, 2018 9:52 am2859d ago
It was a good speech, it was a bad speech. Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton delivered the annual State of …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2018 2:00 pm2861d ago
I’m rooting for the kids. The kids are from Parkland, Fla., students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who faced …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2018 7:14 am2861d ago
Hundreds of area residents who took time this past snowy Saturday morning to attend a League of Women Voters’ Legislative …
Staff Columnists Feb. 20, 2018 10:47 am2862d ago
Two important marijuana reform bills survived the first funnel deadline of the 2018 Iowa Legislature. Iowa has one of the …
Government & Politics Feb. 18, 2018 3:36 pm2864d ago
DES MOINES – Immigration arrests and deportations sharply increased during the past year in Iowa and neighboring states, federal figures …
Staff Columnists Feb. 18, 2018 6:30 am2864d ago
Time is running out for Ron Corbett to dent the all but unstoppable, cash-flush juggernaut that is Gov. Kim Reynolds’ …
Staff Columnists Feb. 18, 2018 5:30 am2864d ago
Pro-gun legislation in the Iowa Statehouse has succumbed to a barrage of bullets. Unfortunately, this is not a metaphor. The …
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