Students do not attend public schools to support a system.
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Althea Cole Staff Columnists May. 29, 2022 6:45 am1365d ago
Students do not attend public schools to support a system.
Sofia DeMartino Staff Columnists May. 28, 2022 7:00 pm1365d ago
To address the staffing shortage, the industry must address the glaring inequity in the room: the absence of women in tech professions.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 26, 2022 11:29 am1368d ago
A legislative Blitzkrieg hit so fast that local leaders and their Statehouse lobbyists had no time to react.
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 22, 2022 11:42 am1372d ago
You’re going to need drinks. Here are some suggested libations.
Althea Cole Staff Columnists May. 22, 2022 9:35 am1372d ago
The school I loved for 13 years values the law. I hope they still value reason.
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Intercity buses have a number of genuine advantages over private car travel.
Staff Columnists May. 19, 2022 7:00 am1375d ago
Reynolds called ethanol “environmentally friendly.” But is it, really?
Staff Columnists May. 15, 2022 7:00 am1379d ago
It has been a long journey, and there still is plenty of road to travel.
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Complicated balloting process could disenfranchise voters
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Iowa is being plagued by multiple cases of what I’m diagnosing as a strain of cat scratch fever.
Staff Columnists May. 12, 2022 7:00 am1382d ago
Four members of the nine-member council recused themselves.
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Staff Columnists May. 8, 2022 9:37 am1386d ago
I never saw her cry or feel sorry for herself because she never did.
Staff Columnists May. 6, 2022 7:00 am1388d ago
So Gov. Kim Reynolds slipped quietly into Marion Wednesday to hold a closed-door meeting with a select group of Linn-Mar …
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