Cedar Rapids’ traffic cameras sure have played a mean game of license plate bingo. Since 2010, motorists from all 50 …
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Cedar Rapids’ traffic cameras sure have played a mean game of license plate bingo. Since 2010, motorists from all 50 …
N/A Staff Columnists Oct. 8, 2014 10:58 am4158d ago
I’m not an official fact-checker. But occasionally, I play one in my driveway. I know, I know, I’m supposed to …
N/A Staff Columnists Oct. 5, 2014 11:59 am4161d ago
It’s time for Iowans to jump in the weeds. And, thanks to all the manure spread as part of and …
N/A Staff Columnists Sep. 30, 2014 3:00 am4166d ago
Rick Stewart swears he’s ‘not a radical.” But he’s got a radical idea. If you’re on the ballot, you ought …
N/A Staff Columnists Sep. 30, 2014 1:30 am4166d ago
I wandered aimlessly for hours, the quintessential tourist wanting to hold and press each experience between the pages of a …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 29, 2014 1:26 pm4167d ago
(Author’s note: ESPN has stated there is no discussion on domestic violence planned for pregame tonight. ‘Contrary to published reports …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 28, 2014 3:00 am4168d ago
In eight short years, we’ve gone 180 degrees on marriage politics in Iowa. Consider this past week. Democratic nominee for …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 28, 2014 1:30 am4168d ago
If you read headlines or your Facebook feed this week, you may have wondered if you somehow woke up in …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 27, 2014 1:30 am4169d ago
Back during my college years, when there seemed to be unlimited time to sit with friends and discuss hopes and …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 25, 2014 9:43 am4171d ago
Postcards have the Linn-Mar School District on edge. Blame Linn County Auditor Joel Miller. His office sent postcards to registered …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 23, 2014 3:00 am4173d ago
It’s a real shame that the race for governor is over, otherwise we might be having an important debate over …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 21, 2014 3:00 am4175d ago
If you’ve got a bad case of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”- style doe-eyed patriotic optimism, I’ve got a surefire …
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Staff Columnists Sep. 21, 2014 2:44 am4175d ago
Long-anticipated growth has finally come to rural Iowa, but is hardly the harbinger of prosperity so many wanted. A study …
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