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"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"
Perhaps I’m stuck in time, in the Iowa that used to cherish education, freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
Jesse Hayes III loves to play video games and wants to become a game designer. The 14-year-old plays soccer and …
For Chloe Cole (no relation to your friendly neighborhood opinion columnist,) the puberty process wasn’t a normal function of adolescence. …
Maybe Bad Idea has a line of business wear.
Three candidates have been endorsed by Moms for Liberty
In early September, I came across a copy of an email received by a resident of the Cedar Rapids Community …
The leaves are changing and last week I officiated at my mother’s funeral I am an Iowan, I was born …
Cedar Rapids may create new layers of bureaucracy aimed at people who trap, neuter and return, or TNR, feral cars.
Call it a victory, because it is.
Hainley is one of many dedicated health care providers that Iowa is fortunate to have. But these providers face too many barriers to provide care to Iowans, and this year these barriers grew substantially in number and scope.
Two years ago the school board cut SROs, it’s now time to replace the school board
Two recent developments could be good news for the future of regional mass transit. The Iowa City Council voted 6-0 …
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