Perhaps Gov. Terry Branstad doesn’t have a clear understanding of what benefit cliffs are or how they hamper economic advancement. …
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Perhaps Gov. Terry Branstad doesn’t have a clear understanding of what benefit cliffs are or how they hamper economic advancement. …
Rollout of the long anticipated Johnson County Community ID begins Friday, another Midwestern first courtesy of the People’s Republic. The …
This may be what happens when history is hidden or allowed to fall into the trap of selective memory. Cedar …
Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, I can no longer read the preamble to the Constitution. I must sing it. ‘We the …
(My annual Independence Day-ish shot of patriotic satire) White House briefing room, Aug. 24, 1814. And, now, the president of …
Scott Overland followed the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission’s handling of the four-inch topsoil rule and thinks Cedar Rapids could do …
Great Scott, it’s Dred Scott. At least that’s what we’re supposed to believe now in the heady days following the …
So in the wake of a horrendous crime of racial hatred in a Charleston church, we’re finally rolling up the …
It is not easy to battle inner demons, even when they block something important. What should make the process easier, …
I’m sure many Iowans who witnessed the arrival of Friday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage felt a …
Civil rights vanguards aren’t immediately appreciated and are rarely comfortable. Iowans know this from experiences dating to the early 1800s, …
As contrasts go, it’s pretty striking. On Friday the Iowa Economic Development Authority agreed to add $25 million in tax …
The connection left a lot to be desired. But, actually, that was the point. Pastor Max Villatoro and his son, …
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