Legislative Republicans want more transparency and accountability in the state’s rulemaking and regulatory process. From a morning news release: Senate …
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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. …
So a federal judge has dismissed a union lawsuit seeking to overturn Gov. Terry Branstad’s executive order banning the use …
What’s up with the Linn County Board of Supervisors? Today, the board shot down Sheriff Brian Gardner’s proposal for an …
I tuned into Gov. Terry Branstad’s weekly news confab this morning. Somewhere in the middle he was asked to explain …
Please indulge me for a short “what I did on my long weekend” report. Took the whole dang family to …
Mayor Ron Corbett loves a good metaphor, a slick simile, an applicable anecdote. When he ran for mayor, the air …
Was Marcellus Andrews gay? I don’t know; I don’t care. In fact, I don’t think it’s any of our business. …
Today’s lesson is about minding what you measure. Once again, Iowa topped nearly all the states for student ACT scores. …
There’s an old Czech proverb that warns, “Beware of the boastful bearing shovels.” OK, I totally made that up. But …
This is not easy to admit, but here goes. My name is Todd. And my family and I live in …
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