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Civil rights are not won cheaply or easily. You can’t rattle the status quo and breach our comfort zone without …
Iowa’s race for governor — not so close. So, we have a brand spanking new governor-elect, uh, sort of. Governor-elect …
Even before all the ballots were counted in the vote to repeal Iowa City’s bar-entry age ordinance, the mood downtown …
Johnson County officials expect a record turnout today, but things were slow when I stopped by Iowa City Precinct 5 in …
Political Scientist/blogger Brendon Nyhan has devised this bingo card that you can use tonight as you watch cable news pundits …
I left the state for a few days. It was such a liberating feeling, to be beyond the shadowy jurisdictional …
So, I was waiting in the dentist’s office last week, watching a little daytime cable, when a commercial came on …
I’m at the end of my rope when it comes to the slippery slope. And this election year, the slope …
Gov. Chet Culver was not ready for this close up. Just a wafer-thin week before Election Day, State Auditor David …
Ah, economic development. You might think it’s the stuff of hearty handshakes and ribbon cuttings and shiny shovels turning fresh …
High-speed passenger rail from Iowa City to Chicago is becoming reality, thanks to a $230 million federal stimulus fund boost, …
Iowa’s race for governor, windblown. VAUDIT LANDS ON CULVER CAMPAIGN, ONE CANDIDATE HURT — With just a wafer-thin week left …
Here comes the Judge Bus. It’s rolling across Iowa this week, painted in Halloween black and purple, adorned with big …
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