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Consider what a guy named Andrew Ferguson wrote several years ago. “Journalism is a character defect. I think most non-journalists …
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So I spent my evening with the good Republican delegates of state Senate District 18. They conventioned last night in …
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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, …
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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 …
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