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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 1, 2009 5:46 am6083d ago
Pretty quiet morning to end a big news week. Major developments are scarce, unless you count the fact that our …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2009 10:44 am6084d ago
State lawmakers who stumbled, bleary-eyed, out of the Statehouse early Sunday morning once again left open government legislation on the …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2009 9:20 am6084d ago
Over at The Iowa Republican, news for Republicans by Republicans, blogicon Krusty Konservative discusses a meeting of GOP“establishment” types in Des …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2009 5:59 am6084d ago
So, how about that outbreak/epidemic/imminent pandemic? Well, it’s become an Iowa story now, and about people, not just pigs. Gov. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2009 3:31 pm6085d ago
Here’s what our governor has to say this hour about H1N1: TWO PROBABLE CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA REPORTED IN IOWA • …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2009 12:40 pm6085d ago
Gov. Chet Culver has pulled the old switcheroo. Today, he’s appointed Shearon Elderkin to the Iowa Power Fund Board and Carrie La …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2009 12:00 pm6085d ago
The former Republican congressman, White House budget director and the candidate who couldn’t stop the Big Lug juggernaut is now a high-powered …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2009 11:13 am6085d ago
The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports a possible Iowa swine flu case: A suspected case of swine influenza in Iowa …
Staff Columnists Apr. 29, 2009 5:54 am6085d ago
Would Swine Flu, by any other name, be less damaging to the nation’s agricultural economy? US Secretary of Agriculture TomVilsack …
Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2009 3:39 pm6086d ago
Yeah, I know it’s been at least three full sleep cycles since the Iowa Legislature adjourned early Sunday morning, ending …
Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2009 5:34 am6086d ago
Well, my newspaper is not on the front stoop this morning. So, evidently, the post-gay marriage crumbling of our social …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2009 2:36 pm6087d ago
Fresh from Gov. Chet Culver’s office: GOVERNOR CULVER: THIS IS A TIME FOR PREVENTION AND FOR CAUTION • In a …
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