The Trump administration has rescinded Obama-era guidance for public schools that promoted use of bathrooms based on student gender identity. …
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Staff Columnists Feb. 24, 2017 9:15 am3223d ago
The Trump administration has rescinded Obama-era guidance for public schools that promoted use of bathrooms based on student gender identity. …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Feb. 24, 2017 5:00 am3223d ago
Urban development is not known as one of the sexier aspects of public policy. More than once, I’ve known planning …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 23, 2017 5:00 am3224d ago
In my line of work, politicians offering a song and dance are hardly surprising. But after Wednesday’s Cedar Rapids State …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2017 5:00 am3226d ago
Our right-lurching Legislature has lost its sense of balance. And balance was a valuable trait of Iowa Statehouse politics for …
Staff Columnists Feb. 19, 2017 12:30 pm3228d ago
Hundreds of people quietly working behind the scenes on behalf of Fresh Start Ministries can’t be easily labeled. Then again, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 17, 2017 7:00 am3230d ago
Raise your hand if you’ve been blocked on social media by an elected official. If my feed is any indication, …
Staff Columnists Feb. 16, 2017 8:48 am3231d ago
So the applications are in for our three Casino Clash ’17 contenders, including a pair of Cedar Crossings and a …
Staff Columnists Feb. 14, 2017 5:00 am3233d ago
Last summer, at a Cleveland brewery where Grand Old Pilsner was a featured pint, I asked Iowa House Speaker Linda …
Staff Columnists Feb. 12, 2017 6:30 am3235d ago
Are we witnessing the final throes of the ‘full Grassley” era? Some readers may remember the Congressional recess in the …
Staff Columnists Feb. 12, 2017 5:00 am3235d ago
Spurred by the thorns of a Wild Rose, Steve Gray and his local investor group are back in the casino …
Staff Columnists Feb. 11, 2017 7:15 am3236d ago
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice John Forrest Dillon is looking down – perhaps from atop the pillar of his namesake …
Staff Columnists Feb. 10, 2017 6:00 am3237d ago
Iowans are waking up to the fact that our recent statehouse elections may prove more impactful than the bitter presidential …
Staff Columnists Feb. 9, 2017 7:47 am3238d ago
Since the Iowa Supreme Court issued its ruling last month denting up the Des Moines Water Works’ legal fight to …
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