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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 …
Here’s another cost of climate change that I forgot to mention in Sunday’s column: The cost to our health. According …
So state Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines, formally joined the 2014 race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Monday. Curiously, he …
Flash flooding in Colorado. Parched crops in Iowa farm fields. They’ve got more in common than you might think. Scientists …
I didn’t even mind the wait when I arrived at Iowa City High after work Tuesday. I just took my …
Hey, there’s a nice minefield. I think I’ll stroll right in. A couple of weeks back, there was a rally …
On Tuesday, the Cedar Rapids school district’s bid to raise local taxes to pay for building maintenance took it on …
Prepare for nudges, but not necessarily nannies. Monday was the kickoff of Cedar Rapids’ Blue Zones Project, named by author …
I was late hitting the road for my meeting with Will Lenzen, so before I turned on to Interstate 380, …
Already having heard plenty from the pessimists, Mayor Ron Corbett took his case first to the Optimists. “Great turnout today,” …
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