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There is a midsummer haze hanging around the prospects for a revote on the one-cent, local-option sales tax. After the …
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Hey Iowans, light up a totally legal sparkler, the Iowa Legislature has finally adjourned. I heard it myself live on …
The Cedar Rapids Stormwater Commission was not on my radar, I admit. But it is now. And that’s because it’s …
So the morning papers and various digital gizmos carry word of a grand compromise between Gov. Terry Branstad and Cedar Rapids …
I guess you could say civility is a little like obscenity – it can be hard to define it, but …
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