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Let’s break free of our Golden Dome of Wisdom for a moment and ponder the future. And the future I’m …
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I remember a comment a voter once made as he handed me his driver’s license at the polling place where …
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Here in Iowa, Republicans control the governor’s office, the Senate and the House. We have a Republican attorney general, treasurer …
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“I can do it, I believe in myself, but I need help,” Dara Schmidt describes the 89-year-old woman who visited …
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There were the loaves and fishes, the immaculate conception, and the immaculate reception. “Do you believe in miracles?” Al Michaels …
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Last week was “funnel week” at the Iowa Statehouse — the deadline for legislation to pass out of committee in …
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Iowa’s Legislature is under a Red Flag Warning. No, dry conditions are not raising fire concerns under our Golden Dome …
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Educator, serial entrepreneur, and community leader Kimberly Fitten had an idea. The vision, a culmination of her years of work …
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Guns in school weren’t a problem until the day Andy shot the clock! I didn’t really grow up in Mayberry; …
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So, the Opportunity Solutions Project’s name sounds great. It’s got opportunity and solutions. Also, Americans love a good project. But …
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Defendants lose their marbles, but not their (entire) court case
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Ari Davis was brought to the United States when she was 3 years old. She remembers how hard her dad …
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