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You may remember that I urged Cedar Rapids voters to pass a local option sales tax increase and take my Marion-based …
AG Tom Miller is going after more bars that allow indoor puffing. From the Attorney General’s Office: A.G. Tom Miller: …
Back when I first covered the Statehouse, old timers referred to the Senate as the County Country Club and the …
Speaking of retro relief, my wife and I had drinks and dinner at Jiamen recently. It’s the newish Asian restaurant at …
MARION — Was it the wife, or the sun? Only Mr. Frosty “Daddy” Snowman knows. And he’s not talking. Not …
Did you ever have buyers regret? Sure, you drop a chunk of cash on something and later wonder whether it …
There’s a part of me that’s tempted to wade boldly into the fight over whether the state should finally dump …
Technical problems at home. So I’m late and brief. Mainly, I wanted to point to The Register’s story today reporting …
In the “Tower of Invincibility,” Republicans think they have found an exploitable weakness in Gov. Chet Culver’s big bonding plan.Instead, …
The Sioux City Journal and Iowa Independent each follow a report in Roll Call naming U.S. Rep. Steve King as one …
Area bloggers are concerned about my troubled industry. I had no idea they cared. But they do. Blog for Iowa carries …
What’s with this teleprompter obsession among Obama’s critics? And is it treatable? It’s rolling again this morning after Obama used …
So what’s the bad economy taking away today? Well, if you were planning an nice summer trip to Clermont to …
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