Iowa’s K-12 enrollment is up for the first time in nearly two decades – that’s the good news. Bad news …
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Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2013 2:45 pm4797d ago
Iowa’s K-12 enrollment is up for the first time in nearly two decades – that’s the good news. Bad news …
Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2013 2:40 pm4797d ago
It looks like Johnson County Board of Supervisors might be ready to take another crack at the Justice Center. After …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2013 12:31 pm4797d ago
Here I am at the brewery I will be opening minutes after I win the lottery. Actually, this photo was …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 6, 2013 4:05 am4799d ago
As 2013, a gambling odyssey, begins, I’m trying to keep an open, but very skeptical, mind. First, I’m skeptical as …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jan. 4, 2013 12:30 pm4800d ago
The Republican state central committee meets Saturday to pick its leaders. Kevin Hall at the Iowa Republican thinks Ron Paul’s …
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2013 2:54 pm4801d ago
I mentioned in an earlier post that Iowa K-12 school enrollment posted an increase in 2012-2013. But Cedar Rapids saw …
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2013 1:15 pm4801d ago
Bleeding Heartland has a fine post remembering the famous Tinker case after one of its central participants, Christopher Eckhardt, died …
Staff Columnists Jan. 3, 2013 10:13 am4802d ago
Introducing your new U.S. House of Representatives, now with 20 percent less Iowa. Yeah, it’s true, we went from 5 …
Staff Columnists Jan. 1, 2013 4:05 am4804d ago
Happy New Year, one and all. Or maybe that should be Happy News Year, because I think 2013 is going …
Staff Columnists Dec. 30, 2012 4:05 am4806d ago
Picking a word, or words, of the year for 2012 is pretty difficult. There are binders full of possibilities. You …
Staff Columnists Dec. 29, 2012 11:29 pm4806d ago
Goodbye, 2012. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Good riddance to another banner year for bad …
Staff Columnists Dec. 29, 2012 7:18 am4807d ago
Forget hate, how does “Don’t fire me because I’m beautiful” sound for an ad campaign? Not that I think that …
Staff Columnists Dec. 27, 2012 11:38 am4809d ago
I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that road repairs in Iowa are not funded by a tax on political …
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