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For a long time, I’ve been soaring with the eagles on this convention complex project – lofty predictions for hundreds …
The school year’s in full swing, and Iowa’s teachers are scouring weekly circulars for sales on notebooks, markers – all …
The list of potential candidates for the open Senate District 18 seat vacated by Swati Dandekar is taking shape. We …
So I guess I’ve had my last Hy-Vee legislative update. That’s where I routinely ran into state Sen. Swati Dandekar, …
If you had solar cells or human papillomavirus in the “next big story” pool, please claim your prize. That’s because …
State leaders should jump at a proposal to dramatically expand online and distance classes available to Iowa high school students. …
Are Democrats suddenly in danger of losing control of the Iowa Senate? Hard evidence is so far scarce, but The …
It was a very special episode of “City Council” last eve. Big-hearted Cedar Rapids council members moved ahead with efforts to make sure …
Writing this on Tuesday, I didn’t yet know who won in the Iowa City school board election. Voters were lucky …
Legislative Republicans want more transparency and accountability in the state’s rulemaking and regulatory process. From a morning news release: Senate …
Two studies jolted our comfy complacency to its core today. The first bolt hit the journal “Pediatrics,” where a new …
With all this talk recently about school reform, and the importance of education, and our children being our future and …
We’ve heard lots of “I remember where I was” stories as today’s 9/11 anniversary approached. I’ve shared my own, plenty. …
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