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I had the pleasure of liveblogging last night’s Gazette/KCRG forum on downtown/core neighborhood recovery issues. It was a standing-room-only affair. During …
My 4-year-old daughter, Ella, on the record. On annoying car horns — “You scared me when you horned the beep.” …
“It’s easy to take what we have for granted but I think each generation has to stand up for what …
Former Gov. Terry Branstad once gave Gov. Chet Culver some sage advice. A severe ice storm hit the state in …
There actually is a pretty simple answer to rising health care costs in this country – not the message I …
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games have begun. But how do they compare to the real winter we’re experiencing? Let’s find …
Before any more good ideas for making this town a better place to live end up DOA in a struggle …
Good ideas and Bad ideas. Good Idea — State lawmakers are moving to remove regulatory barriers for beer brewers and …
Hunting around the archives for constitutional convention stuff, I came across this front page notice in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette the …
Do you ever get junk mail and wonder: How on earth did I get on this mailing list? Did your …
Every 10 years, Iowans are asked whether they want to pop the hood on the state’s constitution by calling a …
The Iowa House and Senate were 100-percent theatrics-covered this morning, with blowing and drifting hyperbole. Opponents of marriage equity in …
We’ve gone from a “culture of delay” to the Daytona International Speedway. The first month of Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron …
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