Americans observed School Choice Week this past week, and Iowa Republicans want to join the party. Conservatives have lobbied for …
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Americans observed School Choice Week this past week, and Iowa Republicans want to join the party. Conservatives have lobbied for …
Iowa City schools are moving forward with a new agriculture education program, but it’s not all sunshine and cornstalks. The …
Maybe you weren’t crazy about the ‘framework.” No worries, ‘programing” will be better. The framework approved by the Cedar Rapids …
As a young girl, Jeanne White was rocked by a neighbor who softly cried and spoke a strange language. What …
Someone, please, put the Cedar Rapids speed camera system out of its misery. Sorry, but it’s tough to watch the …
Tax cuts are coming. For the Iowans who didn’t want their taxes cut, relief may soon be on the way. …
Iowa lawmakers are moving backward on one of the most important economic freedom issues of our time. The Legislature is …
Midwestern health providers and stakeholders are speaking out, and what they have to say is surprising. Could fewer hospitals bridge …
Reorganization plans within the U.S. Department of the Interior call for the creation of 13 regions not limited by state …
Congress is preparing to extend the federal government’s secretive surveillance authorities, extinguishing any hope that our elected leaders have learned …
Persuasion is dead, or in a coma. Our current immigration ‘debate” is the latest boulder in a landslide of evidence. …
As state lawmakers consider reinstatement of the death penalty in Iowa, a coalition of opposition groups plans to travel the …
Neighbors marching in Iowa City on Monday had powerful message for the haters – ‘We will overcome.” Demonstrators used the …
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