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Digging into a debate over topsoil yielded plenty of reader feedback. Two Sundays ago, I wrote about an Iowa Department …
It is probably what most people think of – or at least what most people thought of eight years ago …
It was a shutdown miracle. Just about a month ago, I urged the Iowa Legislature to break its tradition of …
Is it too soon to suggest what the Iowa Legislature should discuss in its next session? If you, like me, …
Mailers recently distributed into Iowa’s 1st Congressional District by a Virginia-based organization and attacking U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley use messaging …
For backers of Cedar Rapids’ ill-fated casino bid, hard feelings are dying hard. Over the weekend, a few suggested that …
Recently, I was reminded why the wheels of the private sector and government spin at different speeds. As aggravating and …
Some folks are looking hard for more dirt on Gov. Terry Branstad’s administration. I’m just looking for some in my …
Some things are so intrinsic to our culture they are no longer spoken. For years, as we have sent our …
So Republicans in Eastern Iowa’s 1st District adopted a platform over the weekend that made news. ‘Platform” and ‘news” rarely …
State Sen. Wally Horn played one last card. Horn, D-Cedar Rapids, tried late Friday afternoon to force the Iowa Senate …
If asked to list the greatest moments of community unity in our nation’s or even our state’s history, recent disasters …
These folks think they own the joint. Gov. Terry Branstad’s administration signed off on two-dozen confidential settlements with departing state …
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