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No matter our stance on controversy de jour, we can agree on the importance of an independent judiciary. No one …
SIOUX CENTER – So your state Environmental Protection Commission didn’t exactly bulldoze a rule requiring builders to put four inches …
This is what happens when the Legislature plays doctor. Lawmakers approved a bill that, on the surface, looked like it …
I was asked by the League of Women Voters to speak on water quality issues at a forum Saturday at …
Food and living expenses have new meaning for three Eastern Iowa state senators who recently accepted a national challenge to …
He should have turned sweet 16 today. It’s kind of funny, or maybe just sad, that even today, 16 years …
Another tragic day. Another opportunity for the purveyors of metal detectors. This time it was the Jackson County Courthouse in …
There’s an election today in Cedar Rapids. Don’t feel bad if this news catches you unaware. You’re not alone. Today’s …
Iowans concerned about increased crime resulting from a decision by some law enforcement agencies not to honor federal immigration detention …
So downtown Cedar Rapids has a snappy new slogan, logo and banners. The slogan? ‘Dine. Dwell. Do.” Immediately, I felt …
Labeling the GOP as the party of ‘old white men” reached new fervor in the wake of a report commissioned …
Excuse me while I vent on the speed camera saga. This is one of those rare issues where I’m basically …
PICHER, Okla. – The devastation of small towns near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line and at the heart of the Tar …
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