Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sends mixed messages about his loyalty to Iowans and their access to affordable insulin America …
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Nichole Shaw Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2022 7:00 am1140d ago
Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sends mixed messages about his loyalty to Iowans and their access to affordable insulin America …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2022 7:00 am1143d ago
Real problems are no match for manufactured ones in today’s GOP.
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2022 7:00 am1147d ago
Now instead of fighting for Iowa voters, Democrats are turning their back on them.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2022 11:37 am1147d ago
Never mind that the intensive row crop agriculture needed to meet demand for ethanol is no friend of the environment, particularly Iowa’s dirty water.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Aug. 18, 2022 6:45 am1150d ago
So 52 years ago today I was born at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Britt, Iowa. The No. 1 song on …
Staff Columnists Aug. 16, 2022 6:45 am1152d ago
Their fealty knows no boundaries.
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1154d ago
Ray’s dream ends when a carbon pipeline company takes his field through eminent domain.
Sofia DeMartino
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1154d ago
In June, 4.2 million Americans submitted their resignations. For some, it is an escape from a low-paying position, an overbearing …
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1154d ago
The Biden administration seems to have gotten used to telling us things about our economic health and welfare that aren’t exactly accurate.
Staff Columnists Aug. 11, 2022 9:32 am1157d ago
Back when John Kerry was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, he was asked by a Virginia voter about his …
Staff Columnists Aug. 10, 2022 2:20 pm1158d ago
This isn’t about your fears, beliefs, discomforts or politics.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Aug. 7, 2022 6:00 am1161d ago
I think I knew even then that there would be certain things I would want look back on
Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2022 8:35 am1164d ago
This isn’t about speech, it’s about science.
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