Getting a lecture on transparency and the need to give Iowans a heads up from this Legislature is exceedingly rich.
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2022 7:00 am1435d ago
Getting a lecture on transparency and the need to give Iowans a heads up from this Legislature is exceedingly rich.
Karris Golden Staff Columnists Mar. 20, 2022 5:00 am1435d ago
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Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Mar. 29, 2022 3:50 pm1426d ago
The final installment of Adam Sullivan’s "At Liberty" column in The Gazette.
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Mar. 19, 2022 8:40 am1436d ago
In Cedar Rapids, advocates for ranked choice voting hope to emulate the legislative strategy used by daylight saving time reformers
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Mar. 15, 2022 8:38 am1440d ago
Iowa Democrats outraged at raw milk legalization bill
Staff Columnists Mar. 14, 2022 11:44 am1441d ago
The city’s once-per-decade charter review process was hamstrung from the start.
Staff Columnists Mar. 13, 2022 8:00 am1442d ago
Survey results highlight widespread student experiences of racially or gender-motivated bullying.
Staff Columnists Mar. 12, 2022 6:00 am1443d ago
Iowa is pushing people out instead of welcoming them in.
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2022 11:38 am1444d ago
We have used this exact same playbook for illegal drugs and the results have been disastrous.
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2022 11:34 am1444d ago
We have indoctrination factories with tax exempt status burdening students with debt.
Staff Columnists Mar. 12, 2022 1:30 pm1443d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad had announced that he would not seek re-election in 1998. It was the end of the Branstad era, or so we thought. (The ‘stache made a comeback in 2010.) His announcement set off lots of conjecture over who would be running for governor.
Staff Columnists Mar. 9, 2022 6:00 am1446d ago
Actually, they don’t. And it’s disingenuous to insist that they do.
Staff Columnists Mar. 7, 2022 6:27 pm1447d ago
Iowa is calling off its sister-state relationship with Stavropol in the former Soviet Union. What did they do to us?
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