Tom Vilsack runs the food stamp program for our so-called “food stamp president.” Iowa’s former governor and current U.S. secretary …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 1, 2012 5:01 am4985d ago
Tom Vilsack runs the food stamp program for our so-called “food stamp president.” Iowa’s former governor and current U.S. secretary …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2012 5:12 pm4987d ago
It’s no surprise that President Barack Obama’s college affordability message got such an enthusiastic response Wednesday in Iowa City. Student …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2012 5:01 am4987d ago
Welcome to this briefing on the future of live video in the Iowa House. Now, I don’t have to tell …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 26, 2012 9:41 am4990d ago
Two years ago, brand new Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett floated an interesting idea: What if the Corridor Metropolitan Planning …
Staff Columnists Apr. 25, 2012 7:27 am4991d ago
Radically normal. That’s the phrase Zach Wahls uses to describe the women who raised him. And it’s a fitting description …
Staff Columnists Apr. 24, 2012 12:53 pm4992d ago
Quick. To the Situation Room, for some no spin Hardball, or whatever. The Pew Research Center is out with a …
Staff Columnists Apr. 24, 2012 10:53 am4992d ago
So I’m back from a 4-day weekend. I’ll pause briefly for the applause to die down. No, really, I was …
Staff Columnists Apr. 21, 2012 7:29 am4995d ago
If you ask Tom Vilsack, the road to prosperity is paved with pig manure. And plant-based plastics, and bio jet …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2012 2:25 pm4997d ago
My co-worker Diane Langton, as skilled an archives-digger as I’ve ever known, points out that the search for a welcome …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2012 5:05 am4997d ago
It was a spring tradition that a columnist could count on, or so I thought. About this time each year, …
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2012 2:33 pm4998d ago
Maybe you read last week that Cedar Rapids has socked away as much as $400,000 for a “City Gateways Enhancement …
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2012 9:50 am4998d ago
Last summer there was no limit to the state’s ambitions for education reform. We were going to pave the way …
Staff Columnists Apr. 17, 2012 1:58 pm4999d ago
READING Read the following passage and answer the question below: DES MOINES – Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass’s …
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