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I’m just about ready to skedaddle for Christmas. But I hate to leave my tens of loyal readers empty-handed, so …
Today’s print column Time is running out for holiday shopping procrastinators. Here’s a handy catalog of last-minute (fake) gift ideas. …
Sounds like we’re going to get new neighbors down the street. Maybe it would be nice to bring them a …
So this year it’s poor Nina Totenberg who is being dragged out as a martyr to the War on …
Iowa inmates serving life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles are more than wayward kids. They were sent …
Well, it’s official, Iowa will lose one of its five congressional seats in the next round of redistricting. Cursed Census. It’s …
Today’s print column The U.S. Senate over the weekend knocked down one more misguided law that allowed gay and lesbian …
Three years and a month after Sonny Iovino froze to death under the Benton Street bridge in Iowa City, hundreds …
Good news confirmed. From the Downtown District’s newsletter: “Little Bohemia” will reopen on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. (1317 …
The city of Cedar Rapids has hired a second lobbying firm, Avenson, Cope and Oakley, to lobby for bucks and …
It’s the age old story. Top Republican politician goes on conservative bomb-thrower Steve Deace’s radio program. Deace asks the politician …
Terry Branstad has been busy as an elf filling the top posts in his administration, decking the bureaucratic halls with directors …
Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, doesn’t think much of preschool, especially if it’s state-funded, according to a DM Register account …
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