It’s just one part of the sprawling, 1,990-page health care reform bill House Democrats unveiled last week. But proposed changes …
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It’s just one part of the sprawling, 1,990-page health care reform bill House Democrats unveiled last week. But proposed changes …
A major step forward in Legislative ethics was taken Wednesday. And I’m ethically bound to admit that’s not true. The House …
Gov. Chet Culver stepped in it again this week. But this time, I felt his pain. On Saturday, Culver’s office …
Cedar Rapids City Council and mayoral candidates have been using (and using and using) a wide array of insider terms, …
Quick, solve this problem: Mary has six apples and four times as many oranges. How many more oranges than apples …
Traditionally, newspapers deliver a “get out and vote” message on Election Day. But I’m nagging you a week early. That …
Once again Sunday, I sat in judgment over a broad field of competitors hungry for glory, and maybe some kibble. My …
Hundreds of state employees are on the brink of having their jobs washed away in a wave of budget cuts. …
It was Postville that convinced Polk County Sheriff Bill McCarthy that it’s time for immigration reform. So much so, the …
Iowa’s governor’s race. You can’t win if you’re not all in. 1. Nussle was Right! — Three years after Republican …
City council candidate Chuck Swore said he nearly had a “heart attack” when he heard a new public library might …
Gov. Chet Culver has released preliminary plans for cutting $565 million from Iowa’s nearly $6 billion state budget. You can …
The NY Times‘ Maureen Dowd suggests that vice might be just the tonic needed to save newspapers. One idea – allow …
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