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A couple of Gov.Terry Branstad’s nominees to the Iowa Board of Regents appear to be in trouble, including a Family …
If you picked Medicaid expansion in the Statehouse summer stalemate pool, I like your chances. And yet, it seems like …
The weather may be warmer, but last week’s Sunshine Week came and went with a fraction of the attention paid …
So I was listening to the Bob Bruce Radio Experience on WMT Monday afternoon. Monday is the day local elected …
Just when you thought you were fully up to speed on any and all nefarious concoctions intended to put one …
So your Iowa House has voted overwhelmingly to keep gun permit records secret: Legislation that requires sheriff’s offices to keep …
So our spring break officially ends in a Monday morning burst of snow. Fitting. This is real March. This is …
In March of 1993, just before I graduated from Drake U, I was an intern for The Gazette’s Statehouse bureau. …
Leave it to the U.S. Census to tell us what we already sort of figured: Iowa’s rural areas are declining …
From March 22, 2011. I ran across an article a while back on how annoyed some people get when other …
From March 18, 2008 Several weeks back, my friend Josh from Ames asked if I’d like to join a group …
From March 31, 2008 Hey, I love hugging trees and going green and shrinking my carbon footprint as much as …
From Feb. 19, 2009. I know, not a March column, but close enough As spring training begins, I feel I …
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