As Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley jammed a controversial nominee through the Judiciary Committee he chairs last week, Democratic Sen. Cory …
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As Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley jammed a controversial nominee through the Judiciary Committee he chairs last week, Democratic Sen. Cory …
Maybe our leaders under the Golden Dome of Wisdom, now redder than a Louisiana crawfish boil, don’t want to address …
Public television played a huge role in my educational development as a young child. My parents say I taught myself …
Sending deportees to a war zone
State Auditor Rob Sand is running to win the Democratic nomination for governor. But he doesn’t have to like it. …
The recent deportation of Pascual Pedro is a heartbreaking situation. The 20-year old former West Liberty resident and Guatemalan national, …
Linn-Mar’s school board showed some guts this past week. Board members unanimously rejected a proposal for removing all mentions of …
The GOP used to be against big bills — I still am
A couple weeks ago, one could observe Central Iowans pushing carts full of bottled water out of box stores and …
As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his …
Nitrate pollution is no longer just some nebulous concept for residents of Iowa’s largest city, and the state’s capital. For …
Less than 200 days into this administration, our longest-term international romances are at best on the rocks
When Bird gets in, she will be the Republican front-runner
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