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The AP picks up a weekend Des Moines Register story detailing the initial Statehouse rumblings over a proposal that would …
Starting a new daily feature, picking a few interesting stories from print and blogs. Feel free to submit your own. …
A well-done story by Jennifer Jacobs in this morning’s Des Moines Register carries very sad news that State Sen. Mary Lundby …
Gov. Chet Culver was in town at midday for the special “A Season of Hope” event at St. Wenceslaus Catholic …
Iowa’s population is now estimated at 3,002,555 according to the U.S. Census bureau. We’ve crossed the 3 million threshold. Hooray. …
Last Summer, at the Democratic National Convention, former Gov. Tom Vilsack told a small group of journos that he was still …
Normally, NORAD is watching out for airborne threats to the national security of the United States and Canada. But on …
Thanks to the Iowa Supreme Court’s August ruling in favor of Davenport’s effort to catch red-light-runners using surveillance cameras, the …
My internal weather geek kicked in yesterday as we careened from balmy to icy in a matter of hours. I was …
The Revenue Estimating Conference has spoken. Things aren’t good: Iowa leaders today said deeper cuts in state spending likely will …
Local pols all over the country are salivating at the prospect of a big federal stimulus package bulging with infrastructure …
Sorry for the long pause, but I was in Des Moines for Supreme Court arguments in the same-sex marriage case. …
I’ ll be live blogging Tuesday’s Iowa Supreme Court arguments in the Varnum v. Brien same sex marriage case. I …
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