A lot of folks are scribbling about U.S. Rep. Steve King’s curious remarks on the children of immigrants, valedictorians and …
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A lot of folks are scribbling about U.S. Rep. Steve King’s curious remarks on the children of immigrants, valedictorians and …
It’s the illogical question that won’t go away. Like wondering if you’ve left the iron on back at home. More than …
I wrote yesterday about Gov. Terry Branstad’s call for corporate income taxes, and how I’d be OK with a deal …
It just wouldn’t be an official summer in Iowa without a few scourges. Onslaughts, banes, outbreaks, etc. Without them, we …
Is it me, or can work-life balance seem like just another unattainable ideal that we’re supposed to add to our …
If you buy the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll, Iowans like legal same-sex marriages considerably more than the …
Our governor held his Monday media confab and was asked about more tax credits for the big Lee County fertilizer …
You could probably download all I know about broadband pretty quickly. Even with a dial-up connection. But it’s looking like …
Journalists are often criticized for dwelling on the negative. Why don’t you write about the good news, readers sometimes wonder. …
Here we go again. A third time, with feeling, and a lot more asphalt. Metro area mayors and other local …
Foot traffic was steady, if not exactly heavy, at Iowa City’s Sycamore Mall on Friday. A half-dozen women rolled their …
In our security-saturated times, it takes some courage to resist overreacting to fears of what if. So I think the …
So revenues flowing into Iowa’s state-licensed casinos dropped slightly during the fiscal year that ended June 30. This news may …
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