Maybe you weren’t crazy about the ‘framework.” No worries, ‘programing” will be better. The framework approved by the Cedar Rapids …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 25, 2018 9:20 am2888d ago
Maybe you weren’t crazy about the ‘framework.” No worries, ‘programing” will be better. The framework approved by the Cedar Rapids …
Staff Columnists Jan. 24, 2018 7:45 am2889d ago
As a young girl, Jeanne White was rocked by a neighbor who softly cried and spoke a strange language. What …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2018 4:56 pm2890d ago
Someone, please, put the Cedar Rapids speed camera system out of its misery. Sorry, but it’s tough to watch the …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2018 9:45 am2890d ago
Tax cuts are coming. For the Iowans who didn’t want their taxes cut, relief may soon be on the way. …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2018 8:00 am2892d ago
Iowa lawmakers are moving backward on one of the most important economic freedom issues of our time. The Legislature is …
Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2018 5:30 am2892d ago
Midwestern health providers and stakeholders are speaking out, and what they have to say is surprising. Could fewer hospitals bridge …
Staff Columnists Jan. 19, 2018 12:50 pm2894d ago
Reorganization plans within the U.S. Department of the Interior call for the creation of 13 regions not limited by state …
Staff Columnists Jan. 18, 2018 8:00 pm2894d ago
Congress is preparing to extend the federal government’s secretive surveillance authorities, extinguishing any hope that our elected leaders have learned …
Staff Columnists Jan. 18, 2018 9:25 am2895d ago
Persuasion is dead, or in a coma. Our current immigration ‘debate” is the latest boulder in a landslide of evidence. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 17, 2018 7:55 am2896d ago
As state lawmakers consider reinstatement of the death penalty in Iowa, a coalition of opposition groups plans to travel the …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2018 10:26 am2897d ago
Neighbors marching in Iowa City on Monday had powerful message for the haters – ‘We will overcome.” Demonstrators used the …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2018 12:46 pm2897d ago
It seems clear the Cedar Rapids Community School District and its leaders should have a little more conversation before they …
Staff Columnists Jan. 14, 2018 6:45 am2899d ago
However shortsighted, expensive and harmful the resulting policies may be, Iowa Republicans remain obsessed with abortion. Last legislative session, they …
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