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So the “Values Voters Bus Tour” parked in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday morning. And the first two local folks who …
That slamming sound you hear is the back door once left wide open for school districts to pass problematic …
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I’ve learned to quit worrying and love the Iowa Republican Straw Poll. Oh, make no mistake, it’s a porta potty-ringed …
I finally get it. The fifth season is for lamenting that Cedar Rapids doesn’t have a better slogan. It came …
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I missed out on Gov. Terry Branstad’s signing/vetoing festival to, at long last, conclude this year’s legislative bidness. Oh, I …
So I’m back from vacation, by contractual obligation, but no popular demand whatsoever. Here’s what I can report. My wife, …
Even newspaper columnists get to go on vacation — just not to anyplace fancy. That’s fine by me; I’ll be …
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Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass wants us to stop calling him “that merit pay guy.” But from the …
Greetings from beautiful Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, where I’m listening in on the state Education Summit, which began this …
I’m out of the office this week. Hitting the open road. I’m leaving this open thread to solicit some ideas …
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