Federal lawmakers will be reminded on Monday about the plight of Max Villatoro, a Mennonite pastor who was deported a …
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Federal lawmakers will be reminded on Monday about the plight of Max Villatoro, a Mennonite pastor who was deported a …
There are economic advantages to keeping municipal ordinances aligned throughout a metropolitan area, but such benefits should never outweigh protections …
This is the most disgusting example possible of state lawmakers first ignoring and then profiting from a morally abhorrent problem. …
IT’S ALL ABOUT PRINCIPLE — So U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Hot Seat, says he will not hold hearings in his …
My dog thinks he’s Donald Trump. For starters, he’s loud, very loud. He runs around the perimeter of our secure …
When I read about Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett’s contention that a revived effort to land a casino could provide …
Many things have been taken away from a deported Iowa City pastor during the past year, but he still has …
Sometimes, government blows it. Then there are the times when it works hard to do the right thing and makes …
Some Iowa senators finally seem ready to require basic gun handling as part of the permitting process. Better late than …
JUDGE JUMPS IN, BUT CAN SHE WIN? — So your race for the U.S. Senate, Democratic division, just became more …
My family and I flew out of The Eastern Iowa Airport the other day on our way to my niece’s …
A decision by Cedar Rapids city leaders to use taxpayer dollars to keep a neighborhood grocery store drew significant ire, …
This can’t be what Iowa lawmakers had in mind when they agreed last year to make some criminal records private. …
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