Backers of extending the local-option sales tax in Cedar Rapids for street projects released some rosy poll results today. The …
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Backers of extending the local-option sales tax in Cedar Rapids for street projects released some rosy poll results today. The …
During the 2010 election, there were a couple of big themes that helped Gov. Terry Branstad win a fifth term. …
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Popular Science is shutting down online comments. Why? Because vitriol piled below an article skews the way readers perceive what’s …
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With at least a decade between us and the last time a book was completely banned from an Iowa library, …
The announcements just kept coming: John Weber, Chris Turner, Laurie Goodrich, David Petsel, Mark Winkler. Jean Newlin Schnake decided to …
Call it the Battle of New Orleans II, but much further north. Two New Orleans-based consulting groups have very different …
Politics turns our brains into mush. And that’s science. OK, it’s a little more nuanced than that. Consider a study …
City leaders have to do the tough work of making the trains run, figuring out how to pay for stuff, …
To swipe a phrase from David Yepsen, we’re having a week of “great mentions and trial balloons.” According to a …
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