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I got a considerable amount of feedback from readers about last week’s column about cities’ use of Tax Increment Financing …
I haven’t been paying all that much attention to State Sen. Joe Seng’s primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack …
“I am Trayvon.” Sometimes it’s written in block letters across the shoulders of a hooded sweat shirt, sometimes in the …
Unless you’re one of the privileged or fortunate 400, you’re never going to see it. That’s how many seats are …
Goodbye, pink slime. Hy-Vee is the most recent grocer to announce it will discontinue selling lean, finely textured beef – …
(Sunday’s print column) A concerned Mayor Ron Corbett met with our editorial board this past week. He’s concerned about the …
Barely a week has passed since the ax dropped on Polk Elementary, and yet there it was, bigger than life …
One thing I hate about being on vacation is missing perfectly good column fodder. So last week, when my phone buzzed …
Here’s how you don’t go about creating a regional economy: By cannibalizing your neighbors’ tax base. It’s not just a …
So I’ve returned from sunny Florida to sunny Iowa. Took the family tribe cross country with all the joys, tantrums …
Newspapers, rightly, faced a lot of criticism this week for pulling Garry Trudeau’s series of comics about Texas’ sonogram law. …
Aaaaaand, they’re off! State legislators started debating a massive education reform bill on Tuesday. It’s the start of what’s sure …
I wasn’t there for the vote on Polk. All I know is what I read in the papers. But I …
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