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Let’s say that during the course of your day you are approached by two people. One has a pipe with …
Marion is moving ahead with plans to build a new public library uptown. It is not moving ahead with a …
The Trump administration has rescinded Obama-era guidance for public schools that promoted use of bathrooms based on student gender identity. …
Urban development is not known as one of the sexier aspects of public policy. More than once, I’ve known planning …
In my line of work, politicians offering a song and dance are hardly surprising. But after Wednesday’s Cedar Rapids State …
Our right-lurching Legislature has lost its sense of balance. And balance was a valuable trait of Iowa Statehouse politics for …
Hundreds of people quietly working behind the scenes on behalf of Fresh Start Ministries can’t be easily labeled. Then again, …
Raise your hand if you’ve been blocked on social media by an elected official. If my feed is any indication, …
So the applications are in for our three Casino Clash ’17 contenders, including a pair of Cedar Crossings and a …
Last summer, at a Cleveland brewery where Grand Old Pilsner was a featured pint, I asked Iowa House Speaker Linda …
Are we witnessing the final throes of the ‘full Grassley” era? Some readers may remember the Congressional recess in the …
Spurred by the thorns of a Wild Rose, Steve Gray and his local investor group are back in the casino …
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice John Forrest Dillon is looking down – perhaps from atop the pillar of his namesake …
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