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It’s primary Election Day, and custom dictates I refrain from opining about the ongoing 2016 contest as voters go to …
WICHITA, Kan. – Rural grocery store owners, food advocates and system experts are gathered for the fifth Rural Grocery Summit. …
COUNCIL BLUFFS – With time slipping away before Tuesday’s primary, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg is starting his closing …
As more fallacies of the nation’s ‘tough on crime” era are exposed, juvenile justice must continue to evolve. On May …
Enacting justice reforms that include early release of nearly 1,000 non-violent drug offenders will spike demand for affordable housing. And, …
Maybe you’ve been out hiking and the trail before you suddenly turns to muddy muck. Find another way around? Avoid …
Not only is it important this Memorial Day to honor fallen veterans, we should offer more than words to those …
So it’s been almost exactly one year since I wrote about how, after seven years, more than a few people …
Fittingly, on the doorstep of Memorial Day weekend, Iowa’s battle flag preservation effort won a small but important victory. Gov. …
In the end, will the ‘wow” be more powerful than the ‘whoa?” The ‘wow” is One Park Place, a 28-story …
Word is that Democratic officials are hoping to heal the rift between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters. It’s a …
So last week I was on the Bob Bruce Radio Experience, and Bob relayed a question for me from an …
Hoping to provide elected officials with a better understanding of how existing public transit services in Cedar Rapids impact the …
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