Last time Cedar Rapids investors sought a casino license, conventional wisdom predicted a done deal. Several top investors had strong …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Sep. 7, 2017 6:00 am3028d ago
Last time Cedar Rapids investors sought a casino license, conventional wisdom predicted a done deal. Several top investors had strong …
Staff Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 8:15 am3032d ago
Democrats will take the stage Sept. 30 when Polk County revives the state’s long-standing steak fry tradition, but one female …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Sep. 1, 2017 5:00 am3034d ago
A deadly tragedy hit Iowa City this week. One victim is dead after a shooting downtown last weekend that sent …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 31, 2017 6:00 am3035d ago
Siri, can you tell me what makes Iowa a truly special place? ‘Iowa’s inexpensive electricity, much of it generated by …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 29, 2017 9:54 am3037d ago
So during a recent editorial board session with Cedar Rapids Board of Eduction candidates, we heard some interesting comments regarding …
Staff Columnists Aug. 27, 2017 12:00 pm3039d ago
Six people in Council Bluffs were taken, unresponsive, to the hospital this month, apparent victims of painkillers so powerful that …
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2017 12:25 pm3041d ago
Two decades ago, as our family reeled from a full-term stillbirth, I grappled with ways to help our then 6-year-old …
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2017 7:00 am3041d ago
An overlooked hero of American politics just got a quintessentially Iowan salute. The Iowa State Fair’s butter cow sculpture featured …
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Staff Columnists Aug. 24, 2017 6:00 am3042d ago
Shaking your fist at the sky does not make clouds move faster. That’s just science, folks. But I gave it …
Staff Columnists Aug. 20, 2017 9:30 am3046d ago
Women and men will gather Saturday night, on Women’s Equality Day, to add five more women to the ranks of …
Staff Columnists Aug. 19, 2017 7:00 am3047d ago
As a cub reporter, I was sent to interview World War II veterans. The interviews were going well, but there …
Staff Columnists Aug. 18, 2017 8:38 am3048d ago
It should go without saying that racism and bigotry are not conservative values. Sadly, it apparently doesn’t go without saying. …
Staff Columnists Aug. 15, 2017 6:00 am3051d ago
Watching top Iowa Republican leaders in 2016 tightly lash the nation’s fate and their fortunes to the careening Trump Train, …
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