The Republican state central committee meets Saturday to pick its leaders. Kevin Hall at the Iowa Republican thinks Ron Paul’s …
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The Republican state central committee meets Saturday to pick its leaders. Kevin Hall at the Iowa Republican thinks Ron Paul’s …
I mentioned in an earlier post that Iowa K-12 school enrollment posted an increase in 2012-2013. But Cedar Rapids saw …
Bleeding Heartland has a fine post remembering the famous Tinker case after one of its central participants, Christopher Eckhardt, died …
Introducing your new U.S. House of Representatives, now with 20 percent less Iowa. Yeah, it’s true, we went from 5 …
Happy New Year, one and all. Or maybe that should be Happy News Year, because I think 2013 is going …
Picking a word, or words, of the year for 2012 is pretty difficult. There are binders full of possibilities. You …
Goodbye, 2012. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Good riddance to another banner year for bad …
Forget hate, how does “Don’t fire me because I’m beautiful” sound for an ad campaign? Not that I think that …
I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that road repairs in Iowa are not funded by a tax on political …
The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the financial crisis, with sales growth far below …
I’ve always loved Christmas movies and specials. But I’m the first to admit they can get a little stale. So …
The Iowa City school district deserves a lot of credit for tackling the district’s lopsided enrollments of students in poverty. …
The Sandy Hook massacre has brought back a lot of attention to some divisive and complex national pressure points: Gun …
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