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It’s that time of year again. Family and loved ones, who may even be both, will gather around the Thanksgiving …
Asymmetric warfare and the rules of war in a war without rules
A teacher said the quiet part out loud. Will school boards respond with deafening silence?
“It wasn’t until June 1924 that the U.S. declared Native people citizens,” Val Uken tells me. “It’s an open sore.“ …
So, Iowa’s MOMS program remains an orphan. MOMS is an acronym for “More Options for Maternal Support.” It’s Gov. Kim …
So I was driving along Wednesday, flipping through satellite radio stations, when it hit me like a ton of fruitcake. …
Every month at the Human Services Campus in Southeast Cedar Rapids, a group of women assembles to talk about life, …
Voters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District overwhelmingly rejected a $220 million bond issue in this past Tuesday’s election. …
Moms for Liberty got its bell rung. For starters, on Tuesday, three candidates endorsed by the conservative group were defeated …
Bond, school bond, is on the ballot. And it has a license to tax. We’ll find out the fate of …
Kari Bassett has not missed voting since she started at the age of 20. But this year, she almost missed …
It was when I looked at the lengthy list of comments on a candidate’s ad on Facebook that I first …
State government serves mainly Friends of Kim. The rest of us are a damn distraction.
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