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No doubt you’ve heard about the Women’s March and the March for Science. Let me tell you why more than …
A few weeks ago, we finally succumbed to the fast-growing peer pressure carpeting so much of our suburban existence in …
The new National Health Security Preparedness Index is out, and Iowans continue to lag behind in plans for the state’s …
Iowa City schools are asking voters this September to borrow $192 million to fund school construction. The bond would help …
Last fall, Republicans running for legislative seats deployed TV ads and mailers promising to ‘fix our schools,” among other such …
We were told again and again how water quality would be a top priority under our Golden Dome of Wisdom. …
A funny thing happened in the wake of last year’s presidential election. No, it wasn’t that more women signed up …
In these troubled times, when sharp, intransigent disagreement has become the new inhaling and exhaling, I offer you an alternative. …
For the past several years I’ve searched for a way to get my oldest daughter to move back to Iowa, …
Nancy Gutcher worked as a registered nurse for over 30 years. She’s a veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. …
So there are days under Iowa’s Golden Dome when you’ll hear soaring oratory praising the infinite wisdom of Iowans, we …
Once again, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is putting the show ahead of the dough. The show in this …
Politics can be a killer of curiosity. Take the intriguing question of whether Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds truly becomes …
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