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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 …
Before the General Assembly comes to a close lawmakers need take notice of new school lunch policies in the southwest. …
State lawmakers are putting your city between a rock and a hard place. Either way, you’ll pay. Senate File 481, …
There’s an emerging divide within the Republican Party over foreign policy and it’s on display right now in Iowa’s Congressional …
Iowa-born conservationist Aldo Leopold famously wrote about a region known as the Driftless Area. Our Iowa Legislature operates in a …
Jack Hatch had 98 problems in 2014, and now, apparently, I’m one. The former Democratic gubernatorial nominee and state senator …
Have casual conversations with Iowans and a pattern emerges of the ways the national 2016 election narrative did and did …
So amid the deepening political divisions and thrill-a-minute volatility of our post-truth Trumpian times, Republicans running our Legislature think the …
Conventional wisdom and recent history suggest that 2018 will be a good year for Democrats. The incumbent president’s party often …
Since it appears Republicans in the Iowa Statehouse have run the gamut of nationally-promoted bills restricting the ability of women …
Among Cedar Rapids’ many post-flood public recovery projects, the McGrath Amphitheatre is among my favorites. It revitalized a decaying stretch …
Back when I was in high school, Des Moines was considered by many of my female classmates as a good …
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